Covid-19 vigil: Participants seek court order to identify arresting cops

The police officers who arrested 16 people during last year’s candlelight vigil honouring those who died from Covid-19 were not wearing name tags or identification numbers, alleged the vigil participants.

They alleged this in their application for a court order to compel the police to produce the MyKad numbers, full names and other identifying information of the enforcement officers who detained them on Aug 19 last year.

The discovery application - filed by lawyers from...