By Mimy
Picture: New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: Six China citizens were detained under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 on suspicion of being involved in a Macau Scam and online gambling syndicate.
Yu Xiang Yu, Lei Meng, Luo Hongbin, Li Jiang, Wang Jun Cheng, and Jiang Xiang will know on Jan 22 next year whether they can be immediately released from being detained.
Judicial commissioner Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid fixed the date after hearing submissions on the habeas corpus application by the six.
Their counsel Gobind Singh Deo submitted that the Act that was used against his clients was limited to Malaysians.
He said that Article 151(1)(b) is clearly stated limited to Malaysian citizens and cannot be extended beyond that.
“This is an interesting regulation, which requires detainees to hold ‘brown cards’ (special identification cards) that identifies them as registered persons under the Act.
Senior federal counsel Zulkifli Abdullah argued that this Act could also be applied to non-Malaysians. Zulkifli, who appeared for the respondents said that there was nothing in the preamble of the Act saying that the law could not be used against non-citizens.
The six were arrested by police in October and remanded for 59 days from Nov 23.
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