PSM6: Interrogation all about Bersih 2011
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Despite the police accusing them of reviving communist ideology, the detainees were apparently asked about nothing else but their links to the Coalition of Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0).
"They were not asked about PSM, or the Communist Party of Malaya or even our current Udahlah campaign," party secretary-general S Arutchelvan (right) told Malaysiakini.
He said that while some of the detainees were completely left in solitary confinement, some were forced to admit to being a part of Bersih 2.0.
"They were forced to admit to being a part of Bersih 2.0. They were also asked if they knew the Bersih 2.0 leaders and whether they are cooperating today," he said, adding that the detainees had also complained of being “mentally tortured”.
The six, including Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj, were among 50 people detained at the Sungai Dua toll plaza in Kepala Batas, Penang on June 25 under Section Section 122 of the Penal Code for allegedly attempting to wage war against the king.
The activists were participating in the northern leg of the party's 'Udah La Tu Bersaralah' roadshow campaign that kicked off on June 24, and were apparently carrying T-shirts and leaflets with the names Chin Peng, Rashid Maidin and Suriani Abdullah, all of whom are linked to the CPM.
After their remand expired on June 30, they were re-arrested under Section 2 (1) of the Emergency Ordinance 1969.
'Meeting with family only 15 minutes'
He said that each detainee were only allowed to meet their family for 15 minutes and they could only see two family members at most.
"The detainees were even brought in from their cells into the meeting room blindfolded... (The police) didn't want the detainees to know where they were.
"But for the police to put it up on Facebook (left), they have to be guilty of something," he said, alluding fault on the police's part.
Arutchelvan also said that the detainees were only allowed to meet their lawyers yesterday as well, nearly a full week after they were arrested under the EO.
Under the law, a detainee should be allowed access to their lawyers immediately once they are arrested.
However, he said that the meetings between the detainees and the lawyers were video-recorded entirely by the police, depriving them of privacy.
“This is unprecedented,” he exclaimed.
Under the Emergency Ordinance - introduced in the 1969 to counter communists guerillas - there is provision for a 60-day detention period without trial and indefinite extensions of two-year detention orders upon the approval of the home minister.
Friday, July 8, 2011
PSM6: Interrogation all about Bersih, 2011
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