The Kuala Lumpur High Court has fixed next Tuesday to hear the habeas corpus application filed by the Malaysian Crime Watch Taskforce (MyWatch) chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan, to challenge his detention under the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca).

The date was fixed by deputy registrar Aizatul Akmal Maharani during case management today.

Sanjeevan's lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo, said the deputy public prosecutor will make a preliminary objection there, to be heard along with the main application.

He said Sanjeevan had also lodged a police report yesterday afternoon at the Seremban police station over the abuse he allegedly suffered while in detention in Kuala Lumpur.

The police, Gobind added, should investigate the allegation since the KL police chief Amar Singh had pledged to get to the bottom of the matter, once a report is lodged.

Sanjeevan also was charged under Section 55B(1) of the Immigration Act 1959 at the Seremban Sessions Court yesterday.

He was subsequently produced at the Seremban Magistrate's Court at 1.30pm, where he was charged under Section 384 of the Penal Code, which criminalises extortion.

According to his charge sheets, Sanjeevan is accused of having a non-Malaysian citizen in his employment without the necessary permits, which is a crime punishable with a fine of between RM10,000 and RM50,000, jail up to 12 months, or both.

The MyWatch chairperson was arrested in Nilai on June 22 on allegations of extortion, and has since been released and immediately re-arrested multiple times on more allegations of extortion and criminal intimidation.

He was arrested for the ninth time on July 10, this time under Poca, and was subsequently remanded.

His habeas corpus application against the remand is still pending in court, after an earlier application to review the remand order, was dismissed.