PETALING JAYA: Two more members of Melaka DAP were reportedly arrested by police under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) today over suspected links to a now-defunct Sri Lankan separatist group.
State DAP chairman Tey Kok Kiew, told Berita Harian that the chief executive of a state-owned company and a municipal councillor, were nabbed in the morning.
“I am made to understand that they were detained at their homes in Durian Tunggal, Alor Gajah, around 10am,” he told the Malay daily.
Melaka police chief Mat Kasim Karim confirmed they the duo were arrested over their alleged ties to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
“They were detained under Sosma by Bukit Aman police. It is related to the arrest of a Melaka exco member recently,” Berita Harian quoted Mat Karim as saying.
On Thursday, Police detained Malacca exco member and Gadek assemblyman G Saminathan and Seremban Jaya assemblyman P Gunasekaran.
They were arrested over their alleged involvement in LTTE activities.
Bukit Aman’s anti-terrorism chief Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said a total of seven men were arrested, adding that police had been monitoring their movements since November last year.
The DAP’s national vice-chairman, M Kula Segaran, visited the families of Saminathan and Gunasekaran at their homes today. He said: “They are shaken over the incident.”
He said he had been entrusted to represent the party in liaising with the relevant authorities, legislators and family members concerning the arrests.
Kula Segaran, who has himself been linked to the LTTE, has denied denied having any connection with the Sri Lanka militant group, after a photograph was circulated widely showing him posing with a Tamil Nadu politician and LTTE sympathiser Senthamizhan Seeman.
He said anyone could post photographs on the internet, and he urged the police to investigate. - FMT
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