Received via email:

13/11/08. BALAI POLIS SENTUL

No report ; SENTUL/13812/08

We were call under Section 111 to investigate regarding Section 48(1) Societies Act

the question they ask ;-

1)Were you at Parlimen on 22/10

2)What was purpose of coming to Parlimen

3)Was there a press statement

4)How you know there’s a press statement

5)Who did the press statement

6)What are the statement done

7)Are you a member of any society

8)Who are the reporters present

9)What is the position in that society

10)What’s the puspose of the society

11)Is the society registered with Suruhanjaya

12)How long was the press statement

13)How many supporters came

14)How many people attended the press statement

15)Was there Q&A

16) Did you distribute any articles

17)What are the contends  of the articles

18)What was the situation of the press statement

19)Do you know who is HINDRAF leader

20)What’s the purpose of HINDRAF

21)How did you came to the Parliment

22)Did you get financial aid to come here

23)Do you represent any society

24)Do you  know your suppoters names

25)Did you know HINDRAF been banned.

We only answered the first question.

The rest of the Question we invoked Section 112(2)- our fundamental  right to remain silent.

This action by the Royal Police Force of Malaysia is nothing but harassment and intimidation of our right as citizens of Malaysia. We as Malaysian citizens have a   right to go to Parliment. What is so wrong in going to Parliament to provide evidence of the lies by the Malaysian Home Minister. Malaysia is degenerating into the darkness of Political Autocracy. SHAME ON THE UMNO REGIME  THAT PREVENTS ITS CITIZENS TO GO TO PARLIAMENT. THE POLICE ARE USED AS UMNO’s TOOL TO SUPPRESS DEMOCRACY.

S.JAYATHAS

POLICE WATCH & HUMAN RIGHTS COMITTEE

Valga Makkal SAKTHI

The following is reported by NST:

Former coordinator of the outlawed Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) R.S. Thananthiran was summoned by the police today over a commotion in Parliament on Oct 22.

Besides Thananthiran, Police Watch Malaysia member S. Jayathas was also seen entering the Sentul police headquarters at 10.15am. They left about two hours later.

Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said later that police had recorded statements from the two individuals.

Thananthiran told reporters: “Both of us were asked some 20 questions on the handover of a memorandum on Oct 22 but we only anwered a few because it is our right not to answer. We are only ordinary citizens.

“Why were we called to give evidence when we only went to Parliament that day to hand over a memorandum? Nevertheless, we thank the police for their professional conduct today,” he said.
He also said members of Parliament for Kapar S. Manikavasagam and Teluk Intan Dr M. Manogaran had been summoned to give statements over the same incident tomorrow.

“I feel Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar should also be called to give evidence since there are over 40 police reports lodged against him nationwide over his inaccurate remarks about Hindraf,” Thananthiran said.

Valga Uthaya SAKTHI