SITI KASIM RELEASED
Activist freed after court rejects police’s application for remand order
POLICE released lawyer and activist Siti Zabedah Kasim, better known as Siti Kasim, after the magistrate’s court here rejected an application for her remand yesterday.
Kajang police chief Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yusoff said police, however, were still investigating her case under Sections 363 and 186 of the Penal Code for abduction and obstructing a civil servant from discharging his or her duties.
“The court has rejected the police’s application for a remand order and we have carried out our duties according to the jurisdiction allocated to us.
“Hence, the police have duly released Siti Kasim this afternoon (yesterday).
“The investigation is ongoing and it is expected to be extended to the public prosecutor soon,” he said here yesterday.
Dzaffir denied allegations that the police had no jurisdiction to detain Siti Kasim and her client as the action taken by the police was in accordance with the law.
“On Siti Kasim’s arrest yesterday (Saturday), the police have taken steps in accordance with Sections 363 and 186 of the Penal Code.”
Siti Kasim said she was ready to cooperate with the police on the case.
“There are many aspects to this case. So, I understand the job of the police as they are unable to see the overall picture (of the case).
“I am grateful to the court for refusing the remand order application because what I have done is in line with my job as a lawyer. I was not trying to cause any trouble and I will cooperate with the police.”
Siti Kasim was detained at the Kajang district police headquarters at 12.40am yesterday for allegedly obstructing a public servant from discharging his duties following a police report lodged by a woman claiming that the lawyer had abducted her 24year-old daughter on Thursday.
Siti Kasim was alleged to have abducted the woman, who is also her client, while she was undergoing a psychiatric examination at the Kajang Hospital and was later rescued by the police at a condominium unit in Segambut last night.