Malaysia: 2 HRDs arrested at a peaceful public assembly in front of Parliament
Event- Country
- Malaysia
- Initial Date
- Dec 16, 2010
- Final Date
- Dec 16, 2010
- Event Description
Mr. Lee Khai Loon and Mr. G Pravin were arrested at a peaceful public assembly in front of Parliament to protest against the suspension of opposition leader Datuk Ser Anwar Ibrahim, MP Sivarasa, MP Azmin Ali and MP Karpal Singh from sitting in Parliament session for the next 6 months. Around 1:40 pm, they planned to march, along with 20 others, from the Parliament to the office of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), which is located 2 km away. They were arrested in front of the Parliament by police forces and then taken to the Dang Wangi police station. The reason of the arrest of Lee Khai Loon and G. Pravin is most probably because they were seen by the police as the leaders of the march from the Parliament to the National Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) to protest the suspension of the opposition leader and 4 other MP of the opposition parties.
- Impact of Event
- 22
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 3.139
Longitude: 101.68685
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 16 December 2010, Mr. Lee Khai Loon and Mr. G Pravin were arrested at a peaceful public assembly in front of Parliament to protest against the suspension of opposition leader Datuk Ser Anwar Ibrahim, MP Sivarasa, MP Azmin Ali and MP Karpal Singh from sitting in Parliament session for the next 6 months. Around 1:40 pm, they planned to march, along with 20 others, from the Parliament to the office of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), which is located 2 km away. They were arrested in front of the Parliament by police forces and then taken to the Dang Wangi police station.