In yet another dramatic twist in the trial of former RMAF sergeant N Tharmendran, the accused retracted his bail after the PJ Sessions Court refused his application for a protection order from the air force. Lead defence counsel N Surendran said Tharmendran feared he would be picked up by RMAF officers who were waiting outside the courtroom, thus he retracted his bail.
Judge Hayatul Akmal Abd Aziz ruled that the court had no jurisdiction to grant such an order, and could not admit a police report on alleged harassment by the RMAF as evidence, as it was still under investigation. Earlier this morning, Tharmendran filed a police report claiming that four armed forces personnel had gone to his parents' home in Seremban to pick him up. In the police report, he also claimed that at least 10 officers from the air force's intelligence division, all in plainclothes, were waiting around at the courthouse this morning to take him away.
Surendran decried the court's decision not to grant Tharmendran a protection order, accusing the judicial system of failing the cause of justice, saying, "Today is one of the darkest days in this country, when a Malaysian citizen is forced to go to prison to protect himself from the authorities themselves."
Surendran decried the court's decision not to grant Tharmendran a protection order, accusing the judicial system of failing the cause of justice, saying, "Today is one of the darkest days in this country, when a Malaysian citizen is forced to go to prison to protect himself from the authorities themselves."
O Thamendran, where else can you run to?
Can we trust the police to protect you?
May God protect the innocent one!
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