Deputy minister blames ‘deep state’ for Tamil Tigers arrest
Families of the Sosma detainees handing over a memorandum to Suhakam commissioner Jerald Joseph on Monday. Twelve men were arrested over alleged links to a defunct Sri Lankan Tamil militant group. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, November 27, 2019.
DEEP-STATE elements within the police force and Attorney-General’s Chambers were behind the arrests of two state lawmakers under a controversial anti-terror law, said deputy minister Sivarasa Rasiah. The arrest of the two, along with 10 others for supposedly trying to revive a defunct Sri Lankan Tamil militant group, was aimed at politically damaging Pakatan Harapan, said the lawyer-turned-politician.
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