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17-10-2014, 10:10 PM
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M RAVI: SEIZURE OF MS HAN’S NOTEBOOK WAS UNLAWFUL AND A SERIOUS BREACH OF HER RIGHTS
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17 Oct 2014 - 9:47pm
The police returned blogger and activist Ms Han Hui Hui’s notebook to her after they had seized it during her interrogation and her lawyer, M Ravi has now written to the Police again to highlight that their seizure of the notebook was unlawful.
Ms Han Hui Hui was summoned to the Police Cantonment Complex last Friday for questioning regarding a possible case of unlawful assembly which allegedly occurred during the Return Our CPF protest which was held last month at Hong Lim Park.
Ms Han had brought a notebook with her and taken notes of all the questions and answers which she gave police for her personal records and also to act as an accurate record of the questions for her lawyers.
However, her notebook was confiscated by police officers during her interview and was not returned to her despite her highlighting that they had no right to do that.
Following her interview, Ms Han’s lawyer M Ravi wrote a strongly worded letter to the Police demanding that they return her notebook which they had unlawfully seized.
The Police complied and returned Ms Han her notebook yesterday.
Today, M Ravi wrote another strongly worded letter to the Police emphasising that they had no right to seize her notebook and they were acting unlawfully.
He referred to the statement of a Police Spokesperson as quoted by the Straits Times, which claimed that the police had seized the notebook under section 35(1)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Code but he rebutted this argument saying this law was inapplicable.
Under Section 35, police can only seize property which is suspected to be evidence of an offence.
As Ms Han was only taking notes of the questions police had asked her, her notes could not be considered evidence of any offence. Therefore, Section 35 did not apply and the police had “seriously infringed” Ms Han’s rights.
Here is the full letter sent to the Police by M Ravi:
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M RAVI: SEIZURE OF MS HAN’S NOTEBOOK WAS UNLAWFUL AND A SERIOUS BREACH OF HER RIGHTS
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17 Oct 2014 - 9:47pm
The police returned blogger and activist Ms Han Hui Hui’s notebook to her after they had seized it during her interrogation and her lawyer, M Ravi has now written to the Police again to highlight that their seizure of the notebook was unlawful.
Ms Han Hui Hui was summoned to the Police Cantonment Complex last Friday for questioning regarding a possible case of unlawful assembly which allegedly occurred during the Return Our CPF protest which was held last month at Hong Lim Park.
Ms Han had brought a notebook with her and taken notes of all the questions and answers which she gave police for her personal records and also to act as an accurate record of the questions for her lawyers.
However, her notebook was confiscated by police officers during her interview and was not returned to her despite her highlighting that they had no right to do that.
Following her interview, Ms Han’s lawyer M Ravi wrote a strongly worded letter to the Police demanding that they return her notebook which they had unlawfully seized.
The Police complied and returned Ms Han her notebook yesterday.
Today, M Ravi wrote another strongly worded letter to the Police emphasising that they had no right to seize her notebook and they were acting unlawfully.
He referred to the statement of a Police Spokesperson as quoted by the Straits Times, which claimed that the police had seized the notebook under section 35(1)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Code but he rebutted this argument saying this law was inapplicable.
Under Section 35, police can only seize property which is suspected to be evidence of an offence.
As Ms Han was only taking notes of the questions police had asked her, her notes could not be considered evidence of any offence. Therefore, Section 35 did not apply and the police had “seriously infringed” Ms Han’s rights.
Here is the full letter sent to the Police by M Ravi:
http://i.imgur.com/CTgwsT0.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/CTgwsT0.jpg)
Tags:
Editorials (http://therealsingapore.com/category/editorials)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?192211-M-ravi-Seizure-of-ms-han’s-notebook-was-unlawful-and-a-serious-breach-of-her-rights&goto=newpost).