KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 -- Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar has submitted a memorandum to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) to protest what he described as "excessive monitoring" by authorities.

The memorandum, handed over by Samsuri's political secretary Mohd Soud Said, was received by Suhakam chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hishamudin Md Yunus, according to a report published in Free Malaysia Today.

"The submission of this memorandum is to protest the excessive monitoring I have been placed under, which can be construed as political intimidation and a violation of my rights," said Samsuri, who is also PAS vice-president.

He expressed hope that any abuse of power involved would be stopped immediately....