Some fellas from the Bar Council or to be precise volunteers from the Legal
Aid Centre were distributing copies of the book Police and Your Basic
Rights to the public in Bukit Jalil on Sunday when they were detained by
the police because they did not have a police permit.
As a layman, I wonder why do they need a permit for distributing the Bar
Council Red Book when the book was officially launched by a government
minister in 2006! Which ironically provides information on what to do
when stopped, arrested or questioned by the police.
If the book provides correct and useful information, why stop them from
distributing to the public? Getting the police permit does that make any
difference in any way?
If that book could create chaos, confusion or racial unrest in the country then
I do understand, but the need to have a police permit for a book that helps
the public to understand the laws better is beyond me.
Wonder whether one needs the distributing permit for a book on say' how
to breast feed your baby?' or 'How to use a condom the proper way?'
Or must we apply a police permit to distribute any damn thing to the public,
including free food to the poor?
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