Press
Statement: Police arrests son of Islamic leader for calling officer racist
23 -
August - 2004
Milton Keynes police (Thames Valley) have arrested Abdu-l-Muqtadir
Mustaqim, a 19-year-old law student, the son of Islamic Party general
secretary Dr. Sahib Mustaqim Bleher, for calling a police officer
racist,
after he had his car stopped for allegedly being out of tax (tax up-to-
date), having illegal tyres (tyres legal), having a stolen radio in the
car
(radio was marked to belong to the car), possessing an illegal knife
(legal pocket knife), so he got somewhat annoyed, especially after one
of the officers said to him "we are going to beat you right down" - he
then called this officer racist and was promptly arrested for being
abusive to a police officer. His car was left in a bus stop layby
without
being secured and by-standers had to tell the police to at least take
the
keys. He is still held in custody. Dr Bleher says police are
increasingly
criminalising law-abiding Asian youth.