Police to question rights activist

Alfian Z.M. Tahir Alfian Z.M. Tahir Updated 6 years ago · Published on 5 Nov 2019 6:16PM · 1 Comments

Citizen Action Group on Enforced Disappearance spokesman Rama Ramanathan is told to be at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman on Monday. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 5, 2019.

POLICE will record a statement from Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances (CAGED) spokesman Rama Ramanathan next week over an article he had written about activist Jufazli Shi Ahmad

Bukit Aman is investigating him under section 504 of the Penal Code and section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act.

Rama, who has been vocal on disappearances of Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat, was told to show up at 2pm on Monday.

“We from the Eliminating Death and Abuse in Custody Together (Edict) will provide a lawyer to represent Rama,” the group said in a statement.

This is not the first time Rama was summoned by cops in relation to the enforced disappearances.

In May 2017, he with Thomas Fann and Sevan Doraisamy were interrogated over a statement that claimed the police were involved in kidnapping Koh and Amri between November 2016 and February 2017.

An investigation has been launched under Section 504 of the Penal Code, which deals with intentional insult to provoke a breach of the peace, and carries a penalty of two years imprisonment and a fine. – November 5, 2019.

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  • Is intimidation of those who question the PDRM's methods the latest tactic in the PDRM's book?
    How about doing some real police work and find Indira Gandhi's daughter instead? Or is looking for a teenager too difficult or inconvenient for the PDRM?

    It's high time an IPCMC with real power, and without any policemen on the panel got into action.
    If the police have nothing to fear, why are they so fearful of such an IPCMC?

    Posted 6 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply