COMMENT | On Feb 12, the police visited Suaram’s office. Its executive director Sevan Doraisamy was requested to go to Putrajaya police station to be investigated under Section 111 of the Penal Code in connection with the Feb 11 protest at the Home Ministry’s Putrajaya office.

The protest was due to a hunger strike by the families of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) detainees, which started three days ago.

They were protesting...