Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan, who is alleged to have been involved in criminal intimidation and extortion, was rearrested for the fifth time, shortly after the police failed to obtain a remand order against him from a Seremban magistrate.

According to his lawyer S Prakash, the arrest was based on the same case, but on a different police report.

"What happened is they made an application for remand, but I objected and the magistrate agreed. So the remand was rejected.

"But, subsequently, he was rearrested again by the Seremban police about 11am today, immediately after his remand was rejected, on the spot," Prakash told Malaysiakini in a phone interview.

However, the police, refused to disclose under which section and which law Sanjeevan is being investigated, Prakash said.

"The police keep arresting him. This is the fifth time.

"Until today, he has been detained for 16 days in total," Prakash said, adding that the police report was only lodged after Sanjeevan was arrested the first time.

He also complained that the police were ignoring Sanjeevan's health condition and never took him for proper medical attention, despite Sanjeevan having a heart problem.

"In fact, Sanjeevan told us he was once blindfolded when the doctor checked him. He cannot see whether the doctor was impersonated (by someone else)," he said.

Police arrested Sanjeevan at the Nilai toll plaza June 23, following a complaint that he had demanded RM25,000 from a gambling den operator. His 26-year-old driver, an Indian national, was also arrested.

Bukit Aman CID chief Mohmad Salleh said the case would be investigated under Sections 385 and 506 of the Penal Code for robbery and criminal intimidation.

Prior to this, Sanjeevan has been vocal against corruption within the police force, and was once shot in 2013.