Witnesses say detainees were threatened during a raid by Johor Islamic authorities. FMTNews
A masked policeman stands with other officers as Shia Muslim detainees are led into a truck outside a house in Kempas, Johor Bahru, on Sept 9.
It was also alleged that another detainee, under whose name the premise was rented for the private ceremony marking the Ashura – an important occasion observed each year by Shias worldwide – was threatened by a police officer after apparently leaving the door open to allow guests to leave. FMT is unable to independently verify the claim although the Johor police and JAINJ have been contacted for a response.
A witness told FMT that JAINJ failed to produce a warrant to raid the premise, a private residence in Taman Bukit Kempas.“Some of the JAINJ officers climbed over the fence to break into the house. It is an offence to break into a private premise,” he told FMT, adding that the police had overstepped their boundaries by taking part in the arrests.In the raid on Sept 9, eight people, including a Yemeni, an Indonesian and two Singaporeans, were arrested.
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