PUTRAJAYA: The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) will look into the arrest of lawyer activist Siti Zabedah Kasim or better known as Siti Kasim yesterday, to determine whether the police has followed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in effecting the arrest.

In a statement, EAIC Chairman Datuk A. Aziz A. Rahim said the agency viewed with grave concern upon the allegation of police impropriety and the misuse of power pursuing the arrest of Siti Kasim

“EAIC will be looking into the matter… whether there is any truth in the allegation of police impropriety in carrying out their duty and function.

“This is in line with the provision in section 28 of the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission 2009 [Act 700] whereby the Commission may commence its own investigation since the matter is of significant interest to the public,” he said.

Siti Kasim was detained at the Kajang district police headquarters at 12.40am yesterday for allegedly obstructing a public servant from discharging his duties following a police report lodged by a woman claiming the lawyer has kidnapped her 24-year-old daughter on Thursday.

She was alleged to have abducted the woman, who is also her client, while she was undergoing a psychiatric examination at the Kajang Hospital and was later rescued by the police at a condominium unit in Segambut on Saturday night.

However, the police released Siti Kasim after the Kajang Magistrate’s Court rejected the police application for her remand.

Source : Malaysiandigest.com