PAS vice-presidents Salahuddin Ayub and Mahfuz Omar today filed a suit
against the federal government and inspector-general of police Ismail
Omar for "wrongful arrest" during the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9.
The suit named Brickfields district police headquarters chief
Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid and arresting officer Mohd Zaid
Mazizat as respondents.
In separate civil suits filed this morning at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, the duo claimed that the arrests had defamed them and are seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages.
The
double suits are the third of over 50 individual suits - with the first one being
initiated last Thursday - which the
Islamic party claims it will be filling against the government and
police for various arrests made on July 9,
Salahuddin (left) said, "We are filing these lawsuits as a reminder and lesson to government bodies to be meticulous and cautious in carrying out their duties. This is not for us but a lesson (for the authorities) that laws must be observed justly and not as how we were treated on July 9."
The two are being represented by PAS Youth's legal bureau lawyer Zulhazmi Shariff and law firm Tetuan Faiz Fadzil & Co.
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