KUALA LUMPUR -- All six Parti Sosialis Malaysia
(PSM) activists held under the Emergency Ordinance last month have been
released, Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar said on Friday.He said in a statement that further action
against them would be determined by the Attorney-General's Chambers.A Bukit Aman police spokesman, when contacted,
said all the activists were released this evening following a medical
examination.
They are Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar
Devara, 56, PSM Sungai Siput division secretary A.P. Letchumanan, 49, PSM
central committee member Choo Chon Kai, 33, M. Sukumaran, 50, PSM deputy
chairman M. Sarasvathy, 58, and youth leader R. Sarat Babu, 25.All of them were detained on July 2 in Seberang
Prai, Penang, under the Emergency Ordinance.They had been picked up earlier, along with 24
other people, from a tour bus at the Sungai Dua toll plaza in Kepala Batas on
June 25 and were charged under Section 122 of the Penal Code for attempting to
wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Source : Bernama
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