Word: arresting
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Prior to Friday's incident, Ingram was sought by law enforcement officials in several jurisdictions. Boston police, Cambridge police and the U.S. Marshal's office had issued warrants for his arrest...
...government says it had a valid reason to arrest Kitingan, but the free Far East press and human rights groups such as Asia Watch believe he and possibly his brother, the chief minister of their native Sabah, to be political prisoners...
Kitingan's 1991 arrest was under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows the government's security officials to arrest anyone posing a security threat without a warrant, according to Asia Watch...
However, many charge that the ISA is being used exactly for these purposes in Sabah. Washington, D.C. director of Asia Watch Mike Jendrzejczyk says, "We believe that these arrests are in violation of international rights prohibiting arbitrary arrest and protecting the right to freedom of expression...
Johnson said the police know that the man frequents a homeless shelter in Bostonand have issued a warrant for his arrest...