

Uthayakumar claimed that the officials refused to entertain his request and forced him to request to meet the detention centre director six times to facilitate his family to supply the medication. Surendran filed the writ of habeas corpus at the High Court Registry in the Courts Complex in Jalan Duta here at about 11.30 am. Uthayakumar's mother, G. Kalaivani, his fiancee S. Indradevi and Kapar Member of Parliament S. Manikavasagam were with Surendran. Uthayakumar and four others, lawyers M. Manoharan, 46, V. Ganabatirau, 34, R. Kenghadaran, 40, and former bank officer K. Vasantha Kumar, 40, are being detained under the ISA.
However Bernama reported that Uthayakumar received medical treatment 10 times until April 14 at government hospitals and clinics since being detained at the Kamunting detention centre in Taiping last
November. The Prisons Department in a statement said he was also supplied with various types of medicine for his diabetic condition. The department issued the statement in response to allegations from some quarters that he was being denied proper medical treatment. It said early this month, the home minister had also given permission for Uthayakumar to be brought to the Penang Hospital and the National Heart Institute to undergo health checks by experts.
