Suaram claimed that six policemen from the Putrajaya police headquarters arrived at the NGO’s office today to arrest its executive director Sevan Doraisamy and coordinator Azura Nasron.

The pair were informed by the police this morning that they were coming to the office to serve them with a notice under Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code to give their statements to the police.

“They informed the two that they were coming to serve a 111 notice, but ambushed them with an arrest (warrant) instead,” Suaram claimed in a statement.

FMT has reached out to Putrajaya police chief Aidi Sham Mohamed for comment.

Both Sevan and Azura are said to have been released after spending about an hour giving their statements.

Suaram and the family members of detainees under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) had shown up at the home ministry on Monday to submit a memorandum demanding urgent answers about the detainees’ well-being.

A home ministry official met with the families outside the ministry’s complex but only said that she would relay their concerns.

Suaram and the families, who remained adamant on meeting an official to hand over the memorandum, later managed to get past the entrance of the ministry’s complex but were barred from entering the main building.

Last weekend, about 50 people, including the family members of Sosma detainees, camped outside the Sungai Buloh prison to protest the rejection of their visit applications by the prisons department.

The applications were dismissed after prison officials said that the office would be closed for five days due to the Thaipusam holiday.

The family members decided to go on a hunger strike in solidarity with the detainees after the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia said it would investigate claims of inadequate medical care and delayed trials faced by several Sosma detainees.