Cops deny arresting UMS student activist

Kota Kinabalu police chief Kasim Muda says Sudirman Arshad was only called in to give his statement over a sedition probe.

Kota Kinabalu police chief Kasim Muda described the claim that student leader Sudirman Arshad was arrested as ‘slander’. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA:

 Police have denied a claim that a Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) student activist was arrested earlier today.

Kota Kinabalu police chief Kasim Muda rubbished Liga Mahasiswa Malaysia’s allegation that Suara Mahasiswa UMS president Sudirman Arshad was arrested.

He told FMT that Sudirman was merely called in to give a statement in relation to a sedition investigation involving an anti-corruption rally held outside the Suria Sabah shopping mall in June.

“That’s slander. No arrest was made. We only recorded his statement on the orders of the deputy public prosecutor,” he said.

In an Instagram post, Liga Mahasiswa Malaysia said it was informed that Sudirman was arrested when he went to file a police report about a road accident.

It claimed Sudirman was being investigated for sedition and uttering a word or making a gesture to insult a person’s modesty. - FMT