MEMORANDUM TO PENANG CHIEF POLICE OFFICER 29 JUNE 2011 ARBITRARY ARRESTS AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST PSM ACTIVISTS We the undersigned civil society groups in Penang strongly condemn the arrest of 30 PSM activists under Section 122 of the Penal Code 122 for āwaging wars against the Yang DiPertuan Agongā that carries life imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years. The PSM activists, including Sungai Siput MP D Jeyakumar were halted by police at the Sungai Dua toll plaza, when they were on their way to attend a ceramah dubbed āUdahlah tu, bersaralah BNā at Bayan Baru. The police who found PRM leaflets and newsletter and other paraphemalia including T-Shirts bearing the images of former Communist fighters Chin Peng, Suriani Abdullah and Rashid Maidin, came to the conclusion that the group was trying to revive the communist ideology and therefore they should be investigated for āwaging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agongā. This is not the only example of abuse of power b...