Lawyers probed for sedition: Police intimidation must stop, says Suaram
Once again, the Royal Malaysian Police has decided to spearhead
another crackdown against dissenters on behalf of the government of
Malaysia. There is no sound justification for members of the Malaysian
Bar to be investigated and called for questioning for demanding the
resignation of a public official. The notion that the motion passed by
the Malaysian Bar Council could be construed as seditious is
unfathomable and perverse.
In the absence of sound justifications, the investigation and
questioning of the secretary of the Malaysian Bar, Karen Cheah Yea Lynn,
and members of the Malaysian Bar – Charles Hector Fernandez, Francis
Pereira and Shanmugam a/l Ramasamy – can only be interpreted as a
malicious attempt to intimidate and silence dissent. The police should
remember that it is not their duty to ‘protect’ any public official from
criticisms.
On this note, Suaram demands that the police cease their harassment
of the Bar Council and issue a public apology to the Bar for this
debacle. Failure to take appropriate remedial steps for this gross
mistake in judgement would only serve to invalidate the claim made by
the inspector general of police’s claim that the Royal Malaysian Police
is always professional.
Source: ALIRAN Website
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