
Sidek Kamiso was arrested at 4.30am at his house after accusations that he had insulted Islam following the death of PAS stalwart Haron Din. Image taken from FMT News.9
PETALING JAYA: Former journalist Sidek Kamiso has been confirmed to be one of the three arrested by police following accusations of insulting Islam after the death of PAS spiritual leader Haron Din.
Sidek’s lawyer, Siti Kassim, told FMT that police had brought Sidek to Johor Bahru to make a remand request, but also said that she did not know why her client had been arrested and remanded.
“Sidek was brought to Johor Bahru. We have a lawyer in Johor, Roger Chan, who will represent Sidek because I cannot be there,” Siti told FMT.
Siti said police arrested Sidek at 4.30am at his house in Petaling Jaya, and that she did not know which station he was taken to.
“We don’t know where he was taken to. He called his wife later at 10am, saying that he was in Semarak. The number he used to call his family members was from Bukit Aman,” Siti said.
“We don’t know why he was arrested, besides information from police press conferences saying that he had insulted Islam. We’ll identify what Act he’s being arrested under.” Read more