Datuk Seri Jamal Yunos’ lawyer, Datuk Mohd Imran Tamrin, arrives at Ampang Jaya district police headquarters in Taman Nirwana, Ampang May 30, 2018. — Picture by Hari Anggara

PETALING JAYA, May 30 — After failing to show up at the police station today, Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos has claimed ‘hidden hands’ are plotting his downfall, and that the police arrest was part of the plan.

Jamal, who was supposed to show up at the Ampang Jaya distrct police headquarters here today at 2.30pm, did not appear after Jamal’s lawyer, Datuk Mohd Imran Tamrin addressed the media on his client’s absence at 3.30pm.

“I am confident that after several Red Shirt members were charged in court, there was a concerted plan by those in power to instruct the police to take action against me even though the police have given me a guarantee that I would only be needed to complete the bail documentation process.

“I am not against the application of law, but when my name has been blacklisted by the Immigration Department and placed under police surveillance as if I am a dangerous person, there is sufficient information that I have received, claiming I will be detained and not be released on bail as stated before,” he said in a statement today.

Jamal, who is also known as the leader of the so-called “Red Shirts”, was charged on Friday with committing public nuisance by smashing bottles of alcoholic drinks in front of the Selangor State Secretariat building in Shah Alam on October 5.

Jamal said he was treated as if he was not a citizen conferred with rights in accordance with the Federal Constitution.

“My house was raided, and my family is living in fear of being hunted down. The way the authorities tracked me down is evident of them being pressured by another powerful figure to portray me as someone who has committed a serious crime such as treason to the country I love.

“I am becoming the new victim of a vengeful leader and I receive it with open heart,” he added.

On May 25, Jamal’s bail was set at RM3,000 after he was charged in the morning at the Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital, but the Umno man went missing at 5.30pm when a Shah Alam Court assistant registrar arrived at his ward to complete the bail process.

The police then launched a manhunt for Jamal in an operation called “Ops Tutup” and instructed him to return and complete the bail process.

Jamal also gave his reassurance that he would present himself at the police station to complete his bail documentation process, but then asked the authorities to give him more time.