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| Press Statement: Police assault Muslim in custody for calling them racist 24 - August - 2004 | |||||||||
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After having arrested the son of Islamic Party general secretary Dr
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher for calling a police officer racist when they
couldn't find anything wrong with his car, Milton Keynes police abused
the 19-year old law student Abdu-l-Muqtadir Mustaqim when holding
him in custody for more than 8 hours without feeding him or giving him
water. When he was finally released and charged with using offensive
language in public as well as possession of an offensive weapon, a
small ornamental Arabian-style pocket knife his father had gifted him
for his 10th birthday and which he kept in his car's glove compartment,
he was severely bruised in the face, the wrists and the shins and is
currently being assessed at Milton Keynes General Hospital's accident
and emergency department. He intends to file a case against the police
and his father, who was Imam at the High Security Prison Woodhill in
Milton Keynes for over eight years commented: "They have only proven
the allegation of racism by the way they manhandled him today. On the
one hand the police ask the Muslim community to cooperate with them
in the fight on terror, on the other hand they are terrorising the
community and are breaking down any remaining trust irrevocably."
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