Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Strong words indeed from Janice Lee! The Teratai ADUN spent three nights in remand for the candlelight vigil recently.
DAP Teratai assemblyperson Jenice Lee today slammed the police, saying the police violated her rights and harassed her during her recent detention.
Lee, who was just released on police bail yesterday, alleged that the police asked her to change into the lock-up uniform in a room equipped with CCTV, where the people outside can see what is happening in the room.
“As a woman and a people’s representative, how can I change my clothes under the monitor of the CCTV?” said an outraged Lee.
She said she complained to the police immediately, and then they brought her to another room without CCTV to change.
Lee revealed this today in a meeting with the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) commissioner Khoo Kay Kim.
Lee, who is also the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) deputy chief, was accompanied by DAPSY chief Anthony Loke Siew Fook and about 10 detainees of the Teratai candlelight vigil.
Lee and 15 others were released on police bail yesterday after spending three nights in the police lock-up.
They were arrested on Thursday night for holding an alleged illegal assembly.
Lee also accused the police of “harassing” her by allowing a few policemen to enter her detention room.
“When I saw one policeman entering the female detainees’ room, I warned him immediately, but he claimed that he was only standing by the side of the door.
“They even stood outside my room chatting. What if I was having a bath at that time? Did they intend to see me naked? Or did they want to take my naked picture?” she asked angrily.
Lee also criticised the police for not giving her a toothbrush, the reason being “a toothbrush is a weapon”.
Wah… Is she implying the police at that particular station are a bunch of perverts or voyeurs? Or at the very least, of suspect moral? This doesn’t sound good. Either the police sue her or she sues them.
