Journalists arrested by police, court told
Beh Lih Yi |(Malaysiakini)
The Kuala Lumpur High Court today heard a journalist recounting his ordeal after he was arrested while covering an international conference on East Timor in 1996.
Taking the stand as the plaintiffs’ No 24 witness, Malaysiakini editor-in-chief Steven Gan told the court he was not the only journalist arrested at today’s hearing of the RM83 million civil suit.
The suit was filed by 36 local activists and journalists against the government and police for wrongful detention and negligence after an Umno Youth-mob stormed into the conference.
Six others plaintiffs’ witnesses who testified today were conference organisers and participants, Cynthia Gabriel, Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud, V Selvam, Yap Swee Seng, Tan Chin Hong and Liaw Say Lian.
