IPOH, Dec 10 — Sungai Siput police today detained 50 members of the Oppressed People Network (Jerit), who were riding bicycles from Kuala Kangsar to the city, to record their statements.
A police spokesman said the group, aged between 13 and 16, were stopped at two roadblocks in Sungai Siput and Khantan but were later released after their statements were recorded.
Wearing red tee-shirts, the group were detained for normal checks just like the other road users, he said.
The same group had been detained at a roadblock at the Kuala Kangsar toll plaza at about 12.30pm yesterday as they were alleged to have refused to cooperate with the police when they were questioned.
In the incident yesterday, the Member of Parliament for Sungai Siput, Dr S. Jeyakumar who was in another car, was also detained and taken to the Kuala Kangsar police headquarters to have his statement recorded before being released on police bail.
Meanwhile, Jerit coordinator K. Kunasekaran, 44, said the programme formed part of a campaign to send a memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi on Dec 18.
“If our group is harassed at every police roadblock, it will certainly delay our journey to our destination,” he said.
Since the group started its cycling expedition from Perlis to Perak, it had passed through nine police roadblocks aimed at asking the members for their identity cards, he said.
Kunasekaran said the Jerit members would cycle from Sungai Siput to Ipoh tomorrow to meet Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin to hand over a memorandum. — Bernama
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Is this wrong ? i would suggest to our pdrm to use their precious time to nab snatch thieves , mat rempits and murderers lurking in every corner our our beloved land.
Every moment wasted to disrupt jerit's aim should be instead diverted to nab the above..let common sense prevail and DONT WASTE OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY>>REMEMBER WE PAY YOUR SALARIES!!!!!