Tuesday October 9, 2007
Embassy blasts Rela officers
KUALA LUMPUR: Rela officers have come under fire from the Indonesian Embassy here following the harsh treatment of an Indonesian diplomat's wife and a university student during the agency's anti-illegal immigrant operations in Chow Kit and Kajang.
In separate statements issued yesterday, the embassy said that Muslianah Nurdin was detained by a Rela officer on Saturday while shopping in Chow Kit despite producing her diplomatic identity card issued by Wisma Putra.
“She showed her card to the officer who claimed that he did not recognise it. She was detained and placed with other illegal immigrants.
“Based on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the Rela officer has violated international laws by showing disrespect to a member of the embassy,” it said yesterday.
In the other incident, the embassy claimed that Rela officers raided the house of Muha-mmad Yunus Lubis in Kajang.
It said the officers had shouted, forced open the door and entered the house early yesterday.
“At first, Yunus refused to open the door for fear that he might be harmed by criminals.
“The team released him after he showed his identification card, passport and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia student card.
“However, they refused to pay compensation for the damage incurred during the raid,” it ad-ded.
The embassy said it had asked the co-operation of the Government in taking action against the Rela officers involved.
A Wisma Putra spokesman said the ministry was unaware of the embassy's claim.
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