Families, lawyers blocked from seeing EO captives

Relatives of a 6 detainees gather outward a Bukit Aman military headquarters, Jul 4, 2011. Picture by Choo Choy May

KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 4 Families as well as lawyers of 6 PSM members currently held underneath a Emergency Ordinance were currently barred from on vacation a group, despite progressing reports by state-run media that visitations would be granted.

Lawyers Edmond Bon, Amer Hamzah Arshad, K. Arumugam, Yudhistira Dorai, as well as Fatima Ismail met with a military officer in charge for about an hour to negotiate for access, but came divided dull handed.

During a discussion, we have since a reasons as to why we have to see a detainees underneath a Constitution as well as a Criminal Procedure Code.

Every citizen incarcerated has a right to be defended by lawyers as well as lawyers have to be since entrance to them as soon as possible, Bon told reporters here outward a Bukit Aman Police Headquarters.

Bon pronounced detainees were brought here during 10pm on Saturday.

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