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KUALA LUMPUR: A “Datuk” and two policemen, currently in custody under the Crime Prevention (Poca) Act 1959, will remain in custody until December 6 after a High Court dismissed their habeas applications corpus.
Judicial Commissioner Aslam Zainuddin made the dismissal after hearing presentations from the parties involved here on Monday (November 2).
“My decision is that the application for habeas corpus be dismissed,” he said in his brief ruling.
It is understood that the written judgment grounds will be issued later after the applicants file their appeals.
On October 19, businessman Zaidi Kanapiah, or better known as “Datuk” Addy Kana, Kpl Mohd Hairy Mohammad and Kpl Muhamad Amin Nur Rashid Mohamed Puad, filed separate habeas corpus applications to demand immediate release from detention.
They named as defendants the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates Court, the Inspector General of Police, the Government of Malaysia and ASP Khairul Fairoz Rodzuan.
This follows his 21-day pre-trial detention under Section 4 (2) (a) of Poca from October 14.
The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, Gobind Singh Deo, Jacky Loi, Mohd Haijan Omar and Shahrizal Abdul Manan.
Previously, the plaintiffs’ attorneys argued that the arrest they faced was unlawful, unfounded, improper, and bad faith.
Meanwhile, lead federal attorney Muhammad Sinti, who represented the defendants, stated that all procedural requirements necessary for detention under Poca have been met.
When they met, Gobind told reporters that they would appeal the decision in Federal Court.
On October 13, it was reported that the head of the Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department, Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid, said that the police had re-arrested three people after the court rejected a pretrial detention order applied by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against them. .
The suspects have been detained by the police for an investigation into online gambling and the Macau scam after they were released by MACC.
After the initial 21-day pretrial detention order, a Magistrates Court here on October 30 extended the pretrial detention for another 38 days, which is expected to end in December.
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