Klang MP Charles Santiago has been summoned for questioning at the Bukit Aman police headquarters, the DAP elected representative said on Facebook today.
He said the questioning tomorrow morning will be regarding a forum on the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), which was held on Nov 25, 2019.
Charles is understood to have appeared as a panellist at the forum organised by human rights group Suaram as part of the latter’s campaign to repeal Sosma.
Controversial preacher Dr Zakir Naik had threatened to sue Charles over his remarks at the same forum.
Zakir had accused Charles of defaming him by linking him to the arrests of a dozen individuals accused of attempting to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), while lawyers representing Charles said the remarks were not defamatory.
Prior to the forum, the police also said it would not rule out summoning several people including Charles over the allegation there was a ‘deep state’ operating within the government.
The federal police's prosecution and law division principal assistant director at the time, Mior Faridalathrash, had said on Dec 2 last year that the investigation was being carried out concurrently with several other allegations.
This included the claim that the police arrest of 12 suspects in connection with the LTTE in October 2019 was connected to Zakir.
For the record, the LTTE had been defunct since 2009 following its defeat in the Sri Lankan civil war.
In December last year, Bukit Aman police also questioned Suaram executive director Sevan Doraisamy over the same forum under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code.
The section refers to "statements conducive to public mischief" that are intended or likely to cause public fear or alarm or induce someone to commit an offence against the government or public tranquillity. - Mkini
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