KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here yesterday set Oct 31 to hear the habeas corpus application filed by five individuals, including two assemblymen, from Melaka and Negeri Sembilan, who have been arrested over alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), for their
immediate release.
High Court deputy registrar Raja Shahril Anuar Raja Baniamin set the date in chambers during the case management which was also attended by lawyer Ramkarpal Singh, who represented the five applicants.
Ramkarpal Singh, when met by reporters, said he also applied for the applicants to be brought to the court on that day.
“But the application has not been confirmed by the Registrar. This will be considered by the court,” he added.
A check with the court’s case list showed that the matter will be heard at 9am before High Court judicial commissioner Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh.
The five applicants are Gadek assemblyman G Saminathan, 34; Seremban Jaya assemblyman P Gunasekaran, 60; S Chandru, 38; V Suresh Kumar; and a
technician, S Arivainathan, 56.
In their applications, filed last Oct 21, they named Bukit Aman’s Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division (E8) principal assistant director Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, Inspector Jasveer Singh (the officer who arrested them), Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador, the Home Ministry and the Government of Malaysia as the first to fifth respondents.
They are applying for an order that their detention by notice under Section 5(1)a of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 dated between Oct 10 and 12 issued by Jasveer Singh and executed under the supervision of Ayob Khan at the Royal Malaysia Police Headquarters in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur was null and void.
They are also seeking a writ of heabes corpus for their immediate release, besides other relief deemed fit by the court.
Earlier this month, the police arrested 12 people on suspicion of supporting and channeling funds to the LTTE, which has been listed as a terrorist group in Malaysia since 2014. − Bernama
