An choosing reforms advocacy organization has denied claims by a military as well as Utusan Malaysia which its South Korean novice Song Min Young is a hazard to national security.
In a matter today, a National Institute for Democracy as well as Electoral Integrity (NIEI) said which Song was arrested while doing field work as partial of her attachment programme with a organisation.
NIEI described Song (right) as an partner researcher for a group's paper titled "Election in Malaysia: Comparison studies between Malaysia as well as South Korea".
Song, 24, is a student during a Chonnam National University, Gwangju as well as is an active member of May 18 Memorial Foundation which is a distinguished pro-democracy advocacy group.
She was arrested upon Saturday while roving with Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) during Ledang, Johor as partial of her observation work.
She was expelled a same day though arrested near her home in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening, allegedly for violating immigration rules. She is now hold during a Bukit Jalil military apprehension centre.
Security hazard explain baseless
NIEI said allegations which she acted a confidence threat, as claimed in a front page Utusan Malaysia inform today, were "baseless".
"She is now assisting NIEI (in) a investigate work upon electoral systems as well as is not in any approach a foreign spy. Observing a (PSM)roadshow is partial of NIEI's work.
"We weep a transformation taken opposite her by a Royal Malaysian Police as well as direct for her immediate release," read a statement.
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NIEI described itself as a non-partisan organization which is in constant contact with supervision agencies as well as is in no approach continuous with a Bersih 2.0 movement, which is now a aim of a supervision crackdown.
In a matter today, a National Institute for Democracy as well as Electoral Integrity (NIEI) said which Song was arrested while doing field work as partial of her attachment programme with a organisation.
NIEI described Song (right) as an partner researcher for a group's paper titled "Election in Malaysia: Comparison studies between Malaysia as well as South Korea".Song, 24, is a student during a Chonnam National University, Gwangju as well as is an active member of May 18 Memorial Foundation which is a distinguished pro-democracy advocacy group.
She was arrested upon Saturday while roving with Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) during Ledang, Johor as partial of her observation work.
She was expelled a same day though arrested near her home in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening, allegedly for violating immigration rules. She is now hold during a Bukit Jalil military apprehension centre.
Security hazard explain baseless
NIEI said allegations which she acted a confidence threat, as claimed in a front page Utusan Malaysia inform today, were "baseless".
"She is now assisting NIEI (in) a investigate work upon electoral systems as well as is not in any approach a foreign spy. Observing a (PSM)roadshow is partial of NIEI's work.
"We weep a transformation taken opposite her by a Royal Malaysian Police as well as direct for her immediate release," read a statement.
NIEI arch Amin Iskandar (left) as well as South Korean embassy officials have visted Song during a apprehension centre today.
Since Sunday, Utusan Malaysia has been claiming which Bersih 2.0 is being infiltrated by comrade elements as well as is melancholy to disintegrate a federal supervision by violent means.
But Bersih 2.0 is progressing their position which they have been a non-partisan civil multitude driven movement, out to create recognition as well as campaign for electoral reforms. - Malaysiakini
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