Hindraf de facto leader P Uthayakumar was not allowed to meet family members and supporters outside the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today, despite Justice Azman Husin permitting him to do so.
Uthayakumar, who had his appeal against his 30-month jail sentence for seditiondismissed by the court today, sought permission to spend an hour with his family members and supporters, to have lunch that they had been brought for him.
Azman allowed for Uthayakumar to meet his family but his wife S Indra Devi (right) waited for more than 30 minutes at the court lock-up without any sign of him.
"...And then I found out that the Kajang Prison officers took him back to the prison despite the court's permission," said Indra, who, along with 15 other family members and supporters, lodged a police report against the prison authority at Dang Wangi district police headquarters today.
She said she had spent close to an hour, checking with court officers and at the lock-up, waiting with Uthayakumar's lunch.
'I was tortured'
It has been the norm for Uthayakumar to request to meet his family and have lunch with his wife and other close relatives whenever he is produced in court for his sedition case.
He has already served seven months of his 30-month sentence and, according to his lawyer M Manoharan (right), he is due for release on Feb 15, 2015.
Uthayakumar, through Indra, had previously complained about being "tortured" in prison, and placed in solitary confinement for 27 days.
Indra had also previously claimed that she was at times unable to meet her husband for up to three weeks.
Uthayakumar, a former Internal Security Act detainee, is serving time for writing a ‘seditious’ letter to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2007.
In the letter, Uthayakumar alleged that the Malaysian government was committing "ethnic cleansing" against the minority Indian community in the country.
A long time champion of the cause of the Indian Malaysian poor, Uthayakumar, along with a group of lawyers, led the Hindraf rally in November 2007 that saw tens of thousands of Indians take to the streets.
The movement is largely credited for swinging Indian votes in the favour of Pakatan Rakyat in the 2008 election, causing the "political tsunami" that saw the opposition deny BN a two-thirds parliamentary majority.
Uthayakumar, who had his appeal against his 30-month jail sentence for seditiondismissed by the court today, sought permission to spend an hour with his family members and supporters, to have lunch that they had been brought for him.Azman allowed for Uthayakumar to meet his family but his wife S Indra Devi (right) waited for more than 30 minutes at the court lock-up without any sign of him.
"...And then I found out that the Kajang Prison officers took him back to the prison despite the court's permission," said Indra, who, along with 15 other family members and supporters, lodged a police report against the prison authority at Dang Wangi district police headquarters today.
She said she had spent close to an hour, checking with court officers and at the lock-up, waiting with Uthayakumar's lunch.
'I was tortured'
It has been the norm for Uthayakumar to request to meet his family and have lunch with his wife and other close relatives whenever he is produced in court for his sedition case.
He has already served seven months of his 30-month sentence and, according to his lawyer M Manoharan (right), he is due for release on Feb 15, 2015.Uthayakumar, through Indra, had previously complained about being "tortured" in prison, and placed in solitary confinement for 27 days.
Indra had also previously claimed that she was at times unable to meet her husband for up to three weeks.
Uthayakumar, a former Internal Security Act detainee, is serving time for writing a ‘seditious’ letter to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2007.
In the letter, Uthayakumar alleged that the Malaysian government was committing "ethnic cleansing" against the minority Indian community in the country.
A long time champion of the cause of the Indian Malaysian poor, Uthayakumar, along with a group of lawyers, led the Hindraf rally in November 2007 that saw tens of thousands of Indians take to the streets.
The movement is largely credited for swinging Indian votes in the favour of Pakatan Rakyat in the 2008 election, causing the "political tsunami" that saw the opposition deny BN a two-thirds parliamentary majority.
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