Monday, February 28, 2011

101 MALAYSIAN HINDRAF PROTESTORS DETAINED AND RELEASED


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - One-hundred-and-one protestors who were detained by police for taking part in the protest against the novel “Interlok” here today have been released in stages. However 8 leaders are still detained.
Public affairs division officer at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters, ASP Suffian Sulaiman, said that they were freed after the police had finished conducting their investigations.
  • However, investigations into a remaining eight individuals, who are believed to be leaders of Hindraf and the Human Rights Party (HRP), are still going on.
  • “The police are in the midst of finalising investigations and will release them as soon as they are done,” he said in a statement.
  • The protestors — all aged between 18 and 66 — were detained in the vicinities of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) and Jalan Pudu from 8am this morning.
Source: Bernama
The previous article on the same topic matter: ILLEGAL
GATHERING IN MALAYSIA WILL FACE PROSECUTION

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