[2001] 2 CLJ 709

ABDUL GHANI HAROON V KETUA POLIS NEGARA & ANOR APPLICATION [NO3]

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Remedies - Habeas Corpus ad subjiciendum-Denial of Access to Counsel and family members-whether remedy available-Internal Security Act 1960, ss 8, 73 (1), (3) - Federal Constitution Art 5(3)

habeas corpus ad subjiciendum: ini adalah suatu writ for inquiring into the lawfulness of the restraint of a person who is imprisoned or detained in another's custody.[Seringkas kata- apa salahlaku nya sampai kena ditahan oleh pihak polis? ]

Justice Hishamudin Yunus- The denial of access to lawyers was not only a gross violation of the fundamental rights as enshrined in the Federal Constitution but had also greatly prejudices the applicants.