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| Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay |
BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers have filed a habeas corpus application seeking their immediate release from detention under the Sosma security law over alleged links to the Nicky Gang organised crime syndicate.
The officers, aged 41 and 42, filed their applications at the High Court here on May 5, naming Johor police chief Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, another police officer, the inspector-general of police, the home minister and the Malaysian government as respondents.
The applications will be heard on May 24.
The two officers were represented by lawyer Latheefa Koya, while senior federal counsel Muhammad Sinti acted on behalf of the respondents.
In their application, the two men submitted that their arrest and detention on April 21 and April 27 had not been in compliance with the procedures, was a breach of the law and did not come under the jurisdiction of the Johor police district.
They also claimed that the investigations covered a wide range of elements and the respondents had no basis to detain the applicants under Sosma, or the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act.
They also claimed that there was no justification for the use of Sosma and their detention was invalid, unlawful and mala fide because it contradicted Federal Constitution provisions.
On April 9, police brought 14 people, including two siblings of fugitive businessman Nicky Liow, to court in Petaling Jaya, on charges of involvement in an organised criminal group known as “Geng Nicky”
Nicky, 33, the founder of Winner Dynasty Group based in Setiawalk Puchong, Selangor is wanted by the police after 68 of the gang members were arrested from March 20 to 28.
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