A mother and son have submitted a memorandum to Penang chief police officer Abdul Rahim Hanafi to complaint about his officers’ “disappointing attitude and behaviour”.

Twenty-four-year-old Jasdave Singh Hardave, accompanied by his mother Jaspal, 49, have alleged that the police practised “double standards and acted unfairly” towards  the former.

Jasdave claimed that on Sept 21, he was charged in court under Section 509 of the Penal Code with uttering harsh words ( bercakap kasar ) against a police officer from Lebuh Pantai station.

“The truth is, I was asked for a bribe. The police accused me wrongly and this was a revengeful action against me which I consider malicious,” said Jasdave at a press conference, after submitting the memorandum.

NONE Jasdave said he had written to Bukit Aman about his plight and an officer has come to Penang to probe the case but “unfortunately, I was charged in court instead”.

Jasdave claimed the case was handled by one Investigating Officer Nor Hisham Ramli, who had also worked on an earlier report he (Jasdave) had lodged against one Amber Singh - a policeman from Bukit Jalil - for extortion.

“This report was delayed for two years but the probe against me was completed in three months with very high efficiency,” quipped Jasdave, who is an engineer by profession.

“I believe the inspector had practised double standard and was unfair to me. This gave me the impression that the police failed to do their duty professionally and showed favouritism towards their colleague,” he added.

Jasdave, who submitted the memorandum at the Penang Police Contingent headquarters, was accompanied by Penang Suaram assistant coordinator Sean Ho and PSM representatives Julius Choo Chon Kai and Soo Sook Hwa.

‘Denied rights to find proper lawyer’

Meanwhile, Jasdave expressed dissatisfaction over the failure of Nor Hisham to inform him about the court case, where he was unduly charged.

He claimed that he was only informed about the matter a day before the case was heard in court.

He added that it was fortunate that he had visited the police station then, for if he did not, he would not have been informed about the court case.

“This is denying my rights to find a proper lawyer to represent me in court due to the time constraint,” he lamented.

He urged the Penang CPO to probe the case further, stressing that his charge under the Penal Code for uttering harsh words to a police personnel was “baseless and malicious”.

The one-page document was copied to inspector-general of police Ismail Omar, Bukit Aman’s complaints unit (integrity) and the Penang Public Prosecutor’s office.

Police officer ACP Che Hussin, the department head for the Police Management Unit, received the memorandum on behalf of the state CPO, Abdul Rahim.