Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) detainee RS Vishnu Moorthy was produced at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur barefooted today, his lawyer P Uthayakumar claimed.

"When my client was brought into court, I turned around and the first thing I saw, was that he was barefooted.

"I immediately protested, as producing him in the High Court barefooted shows they have no respect for the court," Uthayakumar told Malaysiakini when contacted.

He said a deputy public prosecutor then stood up and asked the police to provide Vishnu Moorthy with slippers...