DAMN YOU BOTAK!

zorrounmasked | This blog will not desecrate its page with a photo of this despicable man. His signature had to be obtained for seven-year ISA detainee Shahrial to visit his dying daughter. When Shahrial was finally released to visit his daughter it was 5.00pm. Aina Mardiah Shahrial was admitted to Kajang Hospital at 3pm July 2. 26 hours later Kamunting released her father to take the 4 hours journey to Kajang. 1 hour 20 minutes into his journey Aina passed away. Baldy made it such that Shahrial was not able to see his daughter when she was alive. What manner of man would be so beastly?... selanjutnya.

When an ISA detainee’s daughter dies …

Pic of Aina at school (right).

Dear YB Syed Hamid Albar
Home Minister

Re: Aina Mardiah Shahrial, 17

You may not know Aina, she is the eldest daughter of Shahrial Sirin, an ISA detainee. On the afternoon of July 2, about 3 pm, she was admitted into Kajang Hospital. The girl was fighting for her life. The family immediately informed authorities at Kamunting, where her father had been detained for the last 7 years.

Somehow, Shahrial was only told of her daughter’s illness at 10.30 am the next day, July 3. Aina’s mother made a personal appeal to the authorities at Kamunting to let her daughter be with the dad for the last time. The doctors said Aina had only a few hours of life left, God-willing.

The authorities at Kamunting said they could not release Shahrial. They had to get your signature on the release papers. Yes, YB, your precious signature…. further at Rockybru

Detention Without Trial: The Ultimate Obscenity

moionlybetter | If you thought Bung Mukhtar was obscene, well, this is even more so. This is the epitome of the BN/Umno’s obscene rule.

The above is a picture (I scanned from Harakah) of ISA detainee Shahrial Sirin, detained for 7 years and counting, WITHOUT TRIAL, touching his eldest’s daughter Aina Mardhiah’s face for the last time as soon as he arrived from Kamunting, Perak at Sg Serai, Hulu Langat, at 9.40pm, on the 3rd of July.

The authorities intentionally delayed the decision to allow him to return home to visit his daughter who was in a coma at the Kajang Hospital after falling at her dilapidated house on the 2nd of July.

Aina died 3 1/2 hours before her father arrived.

Above is a picture of the father forced to say goodbye to his one of the remaining four children after burying his daughter…forced to go back to detention so soon after.

His wife Fatma is a strong woman. I can only imagine what she is forced to go through. And her kids…

I can’t write anymore. I am crying. I feel really sad at the continually injustices being perpetrated on our fellow human beings… I know many of these detainees’ wives, some even if just as acquaintances, and I am sorry I have not made the time to visit them…. selanjutnya.

Peraturan gila apa ini, Pak Lah?

detikdaily | Shahrial. Menyirap darah saya bila dapat tahu pihak Cawangan Khas dan Kem Tahanan Kamunting sengaja melengah-lengahkan perjalanan pulang Shahrial yang sudah ditahan tujuh tahun, hingga menyebabkan si bapa yang malang itu tidak dapat menemui anaknya yang terlantar di Hospital Kajang.

Kita mahu Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) memberikan penjelasan mengapa tahanan ISA itu begitu sukar untuk melawat anaknya yang sedang koma itu? Apa prosedur yang menghalang KDN memberikan kelulusan secepat mungkin selepas mendapat makluman bahawa Aina Mardiah dalam keadaan tenat?
Image Peraturan gila apa yang menyebabkan Shahrial begitu sukar untuk balik segera walaupun pihak Kemta sudah dimaklumkan sejak petang Rabu lagi? Apakah semuanya kena mendapat perkenan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Syed Hamid Albar sebelum tahanan Kamunting boleh menziarahi anaknya yang berada dalam keadaan cukup kritikal?

Lebih menyakitkan hati saya apabila pihak SB melakukan pembohongan apabila memaklumkan kepada keluarga Almarhumah Aina bahawa Shahrial bertolak dari Kamunting pada jam 1 tengahari, dan sepatutnya boleh tiba di Kajang lebih kurang jam 5-6 petang. Ironisnya, Aina menghembuskan nafas terakhir lebih kurang jam 6.20 petang dan bapanya hanya tiba jam 9.40 malam.

Gambar menunjukkan anak kedua Shahrial, Ehsan, 16 tahun, memapah adik perempuannya yang hampir pengsan selepas kakaknya disahkan meninggal dunia.

Sayu tatap anak yang sudah tidak bernyawa

harakahdaily | Ketibaan tahanan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) Shahrial Sirin, untuk menatap jenazah anak sulungnya, Aina Mardiah, 17, yang di tempatkan di rumah jirannya, Mohd Nawawi di Kampung Sungai Serai, Hulu Langat, Selangor disambut dengan penuh hiba dan genangan air mata kaum keluarga dan hadirin. <!–

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Shahrial yang tiba kira-kira jam 9.40 malam dibawa dengan sebuah van dengan nombor pendaftaran WQV 4491 diiringi lebih kurang sepuluh anggota polis. Setibanya di pekarangan rumah tersebut beliau terus didakap anak keduanya, Ehsan Shahrial, 16 dan beberapa sahabat handai.

Dengan genangan air mata beliau terus mendukung anak bongsunya, Arfah Sharial, 9 yang kebetulan turut menyambutnya di situ untuk memasuki dalam rumah menatap janazah anaknya.

Beliau duduk di sisi isterinya, Siti Fatma Masirun, 38, dan terus menatap wajah anaknya yang terbaring kaku di situ.

Beliau mengucup dahi anaknya itu sepuas-puasnya seolah-olah enggan menerima perpisahan akibat 7 tahun keluarga ini dipisahkan oleh tempoh kem tahanan secara zalim.… selanjutnya.

Anak tahanan ISA meninggal dunia ketika kelibat ayah belum kelihatan

harakahdaily - |…| Anak mangsa tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), Aina Mardiah Shahrial menghembuskan nafas terakhir di Wad Blok A, Tingkat 3, Hospital Kajang selepas terlantar koma dan nazak sejak semalam.<!–

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Lebih mendukacitakan, bapa kandung Allahyarhamah, Shahrial Sirin yang dilaporkan bertolak dari Kem Tahanan Kemunting selepas mendapat kelepasan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Dato’ Seri Syed Hamid Albar jam 1.00 tengahari tadi masih belum tiba di hospital.

Aina Mardhiah menghembuskan nafas terakhir di sisi ibunya, Siti Fatma dan ahli keluarga terdekat.

Anak sulung pasangan terbabit dilaporkan terjatuh di rumahnya semalam dan berada dalam keadaan koma sehingga disahkan meninggal dunia.

Shahrial ditahan di Kem Tahanan Kamunting sejak tujuh tahun lalu.

Usaha Pusat Sokongan Keluarga Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (ISA), untuk mendapatkan pelepasan sementara Shahrial bagi menziarahi anaknya menghadapi kerenah birokrasi yang cukup memeritkan.… selanjutnya.

berita lain
Anak tahanan ISA akan dikebumikan esok

Malam Anti ISA

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Syed Hamid: Tahir no longer a threat

malaysianinsider - [...] “For the time being he is here,” he told reporters.

Tahir, who is a Malaysian permanent resident, was released June 6. He was taken into custody in May 2004 under the Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention without trial.

Confirming the report, Syed Hamid said: “He is not a (security) threat. The recommendation is for him to be released but he is a subject for us to watch over.”

“I think we have investigated what we need to investigate,” he said, adding that foreign governments and security agencies also conducted their probes.

“All over the world people who have been involved in this (investigation) have taken necessary action at the local level, so there is no necessity to hold him,” he said without elaborating. He did not say if this meant that the investigations found Tahir innocent…. selanjutnya.

no2umno – And now let’s bring Tahir to court !!!

Tahanan ISA lumpuh akibat psikologi?

Bila kuasa di pegang oleh kerajaan yang bodoh, maka rosak lah segala galanya ….. Dah macam dunia ni milik bapak masing masing.

malaysiakini - [...] Keluarga Sanjeev Kumar Krishnan mendakwa lelaki itu dibelasah dalam tempoh siasatan ISA selama 55 hari sejak ditangkap 28 Julai tahun lepas.

Dalam laporan polis 20 Mei lalu, isterinya Sharmila Uthiakumar (foto kanan) mendakwa tahanan kini menggunakan kerusi roda di kem Kamunting, Taiping setelah dipindahkan pada 22 September lalu.

Sewaktu surirumah itu mengadu kepada Suhakam petang tadi, pesuruhanjaya Dr Chiam Heng Keng berkata siasatan awal suruhanjaya itu menunjukkan tahanan mengalami tekanan mental yang serius sehingga menyebabkan beliau mengalami kesakitan pada tubuhnya.

“Kami akan mendapat laporan dari hospital-hospital Taiping dan Pulau Pinang, tetapi diberitahu kepada Suhakam secara lisan oleh hospital (Taiping) bahawa diagnosis terhadap Sanjeev menunjukkan tidak organik, tidak ada apa-apa masalah terhadap otaknya,” kata Dr Chiam.… selanjutnya.

Setelah didera, kini dihantar ke Hospital Bahagia

harakahdaily – [...] Sudah jatuh ditimpa tangga’, begitulah yang dialami isteri seorang tahanan ISA, Sharmila Sanjeev Kumar, apabila suaminya yang kini lumpuh di Kem Tahanan Kemunting dicadangkan dimasukkan ke Hospital Bahagia, Tanjung Rambutan.

Berita yang dimaklumkan pihak Kemta kepada Sharmila menambahkan lagi episod luka wanita itu, yang baru enam bulan mendirikan rumahtangga dengan Sanjeev Kumar Krishnan, yang ditahan pada 28 Julai 2007 atas tuduhan ‘agen perisik asing’.

Sharmila berkata, pihaknya membantah pihak Kemta menghantar suaminya ke Hospital Bahagia atas cadangan Hospital Taiping kerana beranggapan suaminya tidak mempunyai masalah kesihatan, khususnya berkaitan mental.

“Suami saya seorang yang cergas dan aktif. Beliau juga sihat, dan normal. Sejak masuk ISA, dia selalu mengadu sakit-sakit,” kata beliau di hadapan Pesuruhjaya Suhakam, Dr Chiam Heng Keng, di pejabat Suhakam, petang tadi.

Sharmila, yang ditemani abang Sanjeev, Gunalan Kumar, dan diiringi GMI turut meminta Suhakam mengambil langkah segera bagi membantu membebaskan suaminya untuk mendapatkan rawatan yang sewajarnya. … selanjutnya.

S’gor bantu keluarga 16 tahanan ISA

malaysiakini – Selangor akan membantu keluarga 16 tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) yang kini terkurung di kem Kamunting, Perak.

Menteri besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim mengumumkan bantuan tersebut, termasuk kewangan, selepas kunjungan Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (ISA) dan keluarga tahanan di Dewan Undangan Negeri tengah hari tadi.

Bantuan tersebut termasuklah kos berulang-alik melawat tahanan, biasiswa pendidikan kepada anak-anak dan mencari peluang pekerjaan kepada anggota keluarga tahanan.

No2umno – Macam duduk kat Myanmar lak….

Param cadangkan kerajaan tangkap Dr. Mahathir dibawah ISA

tranungkite – Param Cumaraswamy bekas rapporteur Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (UN) mencangkan kerajaan menahan Dr. Mahathir dibawah ISA.

Param mencadangkan kerajaan menggunakan ISA kepada Dr. Mahathir berdasarkan ucapan bekas Perdana Menteri tersebut di Johor pada 17 Mei yang lalu. Klik disini dan disini.

Dalam ucapan tersebut, Mahathir dikatakan memberi hasutan yang boleh membangkitkan sentimen perkauman.

Memang benar, ucapan Mahathir tersebut mengapi-apikan sentimen perkauman. Begitu juga dengan pemimpin Umno, MCA, MIC ketika perhimpunan parti mereka.

Sebagai orang yang menentang ISA secara prinsip, cadangan yang dikeluarkan oleh Param itu amat menyedihkan.

Jika kita menentang ISA dan tahanan tanpa bicara, mengapa perlu kita sokong ISA digunakan terhadap musuh kita? Jika ini yang berada difikiran kita, ertinya ISA bukan ditentang kerana ianya zalim tetapi ianya ditentang hanya apabila teman-teman atau ideologi politik yang disokong menjadi mangsa.… selanjutnya.

Anak doakan Polis di langgar lori

harakahdaily – [...] “UMMI … tadi Suhaib dah doa supaya Mahathir dan SB semua kena langgar lori, mata keluar dan mati cepat …,” tiba-tiba Suhaib bersuara dalam kegelapan awal subuh, dalam perjalanan ke Taiping.

Saya yang sedang memandu ketika itu hanya menoleh sekejap ke kiri, sekadar memastikan anak saya itu tidak bercakap seorang diri.

“Kenapa doa macam tu? Ummi tak pernah ajar pun …?” Sengaja saya meneka, sedangkan dalam hati sama setuju dengan kata-kata Suhaib.

“Ye lah … polis Mahathir ambik abah malam-malam, dah lama sangat Suhaib tunggu, tak balik-balik. Suhaib susah hati lah tak ada abah …,” kata-kata itu diucapkan beberapa bulan selepas abahnya di bawa ke Kem Tahanan (Kemta)Kamunting, Taipng.

Pada masa itu, umur Suhaib lapan tahun lebih. Siapa kata saya tak sedih dengar kata-kata Suhaib yang masih kecil ketika itu.

Tiba di Kemta, sewaktu berjumpa abahnya, dia sebut lagi tentang doanya itu. Tetapi, terperanjat kami berdua dengan jawapan abah Suhaib.

“Tak payah doa macam itu. Kita doa supaya Allah saja yang balas setiap perbuatan mereka itu. Kita tak boleh fikir, apakah balasan yang Allah nak beri pada mereka tu nanti …” kata abah Suhaib, yang membuatkan kami terdiam. … selanjutnya.

Tahanan ISA di tendang dan tumbuk

‘Suami saya didera dalam tahanan ISA’
malaysiakini - [...] Dalam laporan polisnya hari ini, Sharmila Uthiakumar mendakwa Sanjeev Kumar Krishnan dibelasah dalam tempoh siasatan selama 55 hari sejak 28 Julai tahun lepas.

“Bahagian badan dan kepala beliau ditumbuk dan ditendang dengan kasut. Bahagian tulang beliau ditendang beberapa kali dengan menggunakan kaki.

“Kaki kiri dan tangan kiri beliau dipukul beberapa kali dengan menggunakan objek yang keras seperti kayu.

“Selain itu, beliau juga selalu dipukul dengan menggunakan botol yang berisi air,” kata Sharmila dalam aduannya di ibu pejabat polis daerah Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur pagi ini.

Beliau diiringi tiga anggota keluarganya. Hadir sama ialah pengerusi Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh dan beberapa aktivis gerakan tersebut…. selanjutnya.

ISA tidak zalim?

roslansms - [...] Kalau benar seseorang itu bertindak sedemikian, mengapa tidak disiasat dan diseretnya ke mahkamah. Pasti rakyat jelata akan menyokong usaha kerajaan itu, kerana tidak ada diantara kita yang mahu melihat negara ini terancam keselamatannya. ISA menjadi zalim kerana seseorang itu dituduh tetapi tidak pernah diberi peluang untuk membela diri, kalau itu bukan zalim, apa lagi isitlah yang sesuai baginya?

Pemimpin selembut dan sangat disegani dan dihormati seumpama Almarhum Dr Burhanuddin al Helmy, bekas Yang Dipertua Agung PAS (kini Presiden) pun pernah menjadi mangsa merengkuk dalam tanah kerana kononnya dituduh mahu mencetuskan huru-hara, sehingga kini segala pertuduhan terhadap Almarhum tidak pernah dibuktikan di mahkamah terbuka, apakah dosa beliau? (Almarhum kemduiannya dibebaskan pada lewat tahun 60an tetapi meninggal dunia kerana kesan penderitaan semasa dalam tahanan)

Berapa ramai bekas tahanan ISA yang mengakui dibelasah dan dikenakan berbagai tekanan saikologi, disoal-siasat bertalu-talu diluar perikemanusiaan, tetapi Ketua Polis Negara boleh mengatakan yang ISA tidak zalim? Malah bekas-bekas tahanan ini ada menukilkan pengalaman mereka termasuklah bab penderaan fizikal dan saikologi, sila lihat buku karangan Ahmad Boestamam, Kasim Ahmad, Dr Syed Hussin Ali, Suhaimi Said, Said Zahari, Dr Tan Seng Giaw dan lain-lain.>> selanjutnya

Polis halang Perhimpunan Ikrar di Masjid Jamek

Sinarharian – Perancangan untuk mengadakan forum ‘Dari Gelap Kepada Cahaya Kebenaran’ di Masjid Jamek akhirnya terpaksa diadakan di tepi jalan berhampiran stesen Transit Aliran Ringan (LRT) selepas diarahkan bersurai oleh polis, petang semalam.

Forum anjuran Ikatan Kebajikan Rakyat (Ikrar) ini bertujuan membangkitkan rentetan reformasi yang diperjuangkan sejak dahulu dan memperjuangkan pembebasan tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA).

Pengerusi Ikrar, Mustapa Mansor berkata, walaupun mendapat halangan, forum tersebut masih diteruskan sekalipun di tepi jalan.

“Kami ingin menyatakan pendirian sebagai rakyat Malaysia bahawa ISA itu bercanggah dengan nilai kemanusiaan dan perlu ditentang habis-habisan.

“Mereka ditahan begitu lama sehingga lebih daripada enam tahun tanpa diadili dan tidak mengetahui kesalahan sebenar yang dilakukan,” katanya ketika ditemui dalam perhimpunan tersebut.

Tambahnya, dalam forum tersebut, Ikrar dan Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) turut melancarkan kempen pembebasan tahanan ISA dengan mengedarkan poskad kepada orang ramai untuk ditandatangani dalam menyatakan sokongan pembebasan tahanan.

Sementara itu, pendakwah bebas, Ustaz Badrul Amin berkata, pengalamannya sebagai tahanan ISA selama dua tahun dua bulan merupakan satu seksaan, manakala kebebasannya sebagai rakyat dihalang.

“Saya ditahan pada April 2001 hanya kerana terlibat dalam reformasi menentang kezaliman terhadap Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan rasuah….selanjutnya [KLIK DI SINI]

LEGAL AND ILLEGAL GATHERING IN MALAYSIA

2,000 protest against referendum

Myanmar protesters gathering in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur yesterday where they handed over two memoranda to embassy officials.
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and the illegal gathering …….

Hindraf rallies in six places

The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) held illegal rallies in six locations nationwide yesterday, resulting in seven supporters being detained in Penang.

They were later released after police recorded their statements. George Town police chief Assistant Commissioner Azam Abdul Hamid said they were picked up for obstructing police in carrying out their duties.

The supporters called for the release of five leaders detained under the Internal Security Act and for one of the leaders, P. Uthayakumar, who is a diabetic, to be admitted to the National Heart Institute (NHI) for treatment.
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7 demonstrators arrested in Penang

maverickysm - Seven persons were detained, including a blogger and a woman activist, during a 45-minute anti-Internal Security Act demonstration in George Town, Penang this morning.

Among those were social activist BK Ong and blogger K Satish Kumar, who were arrested after they took part in the demonstration held at Gurney Drive at about 11.10am.

Meanwhile, rights group Suaram activists Lau Shu Shi and Teh Chun Hong were detained after they lodged police reports at the city police headquarters in Jalan Patani, Georgetown at 2.45pm.

Berhentilah Memusuhi Tanpa Bukti

Muftiasri - [...] Ilmu Allah meliputi segalanya, namun demi menunjukkan keadilan, agar hamba-hamba-Nya tidak mempunyai sebarang alasan atau tidak puas hati apabila dihukum, diwujud sistem keadilan perbicaraan dan timbangan dosa.

Firman Allah: (maksudnya) “Pada hari lidah, tangan serta kaki mereka menjadi saksi terhadap diri mereka sendiri, tentang segala yang mereka lakukan. Pada hari itu Allah akan menyempurnakan untuk mereka balasan (azab seksa) yang berhak mereka mendapatnya, dan mereka pula akan mengetahui bahawa Allah ialah Tuhan Yang Benar (Maha adil), lagi Nyata (keadilanNya)”. (Surah al-Nur: ayat 24-25).

Jika Allah tidak mewujudkan mahkamah perbicaraan di Hari Kiamat, adakah sesiapa yang boleh membantah Allah? Adakah sesiapa yang boleh menyatakan Allah tersilap dalam hukuman-Nya? Adakah sesiapa boleh menggugat kuasa Allah, seperti manusia menggugat kuasa pemerintah di dunia menerusi pemberontakan atau pilihan raya? Sama sekali tidak! Maha Suci Allah, tiada siapa yang dapat mencabar kebesaran kerajaan-Nya. Pun begitu diwujudkan sistem perbicaraan yang maha adil di mahkamah-Nya. Jika demikianlah Allah, apakah boleh di dunia ini manusia dihukum tanpa dibicara secara adil dan saksama?

Apakah wajar mana-mana peruntukan akta yang membenarkan seseorang dihukum dengan suatu hukuman tanpa diberi peluang membela diri? Mungkin seseorang boleh dikurung untuk sementara waktu siasatan, tetapi keadilan menyatakan dia wajib dibicarakan sebelum dihukum agar dia memahami apakah dosanya.

Jika manusia dihukum tanpa diberi peluang membela diri, maka jadilah macam peristiwa pembunuhan di Kuala Perlis baru-baru ini. Apabila mangsa dituduh mengintip seorang gadis, lalu diheret keluar dari rumahnya, dipukul beramai-ramai sehingga mati. Isterinya yang masih dalam pantang juga dipukul. Khabarnya, kemudian mereka sedar bahawa mereka tersilap orang. Mangsa telah mati, dihukum tanpa dia mengetahui apakah dosanya. Jika pun itu dosanya, apakah berhak dia dibunuh? Justeru, agama memusuhi perbuatan menghukum manusia tanpa bukti yang sah dan perbicaraan yang benar. Maka perbuatan seperti ini adalah amat terkutuk….selanjutnya [KLIK DI SINI]

IMBAS: Kempen Jenayahkan ISA

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“I tak boleh pakai ‘badge’ ni sebab ‘I luv ISA’. Lagi pun family I belum ada yang kena ISA”, itu lah jawapan Timbalan Ketua Pemuda Umno yang juga menantu bekas penguasa ISA, Khairy Jamaludin, ketika dihulurkan lencana ISA kepada beliau petang tadi.

YB Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Ismail (PKR Permatang Pauh) menghulurkan lencana yang sama pada Mukhriz Mahathir (BN Jerlun) dan jawapannya ialah “saya tak boleh ambil badge ni lagipun, kalau tak salah, kenapa mereka kena ISA pula?”

Manoharan vows to fight without fear or favour

thestar - [...] In a statement made available to reporters three hours later, Manoharan thanked Teng for making the swearing-in ceremony possible despite of his detention and said the presence of his wife, children and father had made “my detention here less painful”.

“Today is not only a beginning for me, being officially declared a Selangor state assemblyman, but also in the war against discrimination and marginalisation,” he said in the statement which his wife read out in the presence of DAP chairman Karpal Singh.

Manoharan said he was touched by the overwhelming support of Kota Alam Shah voters, adding that the majority he obtained in the March 8 polls was among the highest recorded for a state seat.
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Kalau babi kena ISA…

penarikbeca - “Pandangan keterlaluan yang diungkap oleh mana-mana termasuk wakil rakyat, wajar dikenakan Akta Hasutan mahupun Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA),” Bernama memetik Presiden GPMS Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican ketika beliau memberikan tempoh tujuh hari kepada Pengerusi DAP Karpal Singh untuk meminta maaf secara terbuka kepada pihak istana berhubung kenyataannya yang dianggap biadab kerana mempertikaikan tindakan Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah berhubung isu pertukaran Pengarah Jabatan Agama Islam Perak (JAIP) Datuk Jamry Sury.

Isnin lepas, Karpal berkata bahawa arahan Sultan Azlan Shah supaya Jamry dilantik semula adalah tidak sah mengikut undang-undang.

Sikap kurang ajar yang mudah sangat hendak menggunakan ISA itu amat menyakitkan hati saya. Itulah perangai pembesar-pembesar Umno. Bila dah tak larat nak berhujjah, mereka akan ugut untuk guna kuasa. Mudah sangat nak menzalimi rakyat. Perkataan kurang ajar sudah lebih dari terlalu lunak terhadap sikap sebegitu.
- baca selanjutnya di SINI….

ISA akta yang diperguna untuk menyekat kebebasan individu, politik – Wan Azizah

tranungkite – Ketua Pembangkang di Dewan Rakyat, Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (KeADILan Permatang Pauh) mendesak kerajaan agar membebaskan semua tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dengan segera tanpa syarat atau bicarakan mereka dalam mahkamah terbuka jika terdapat sebarang pendakwaan terhadap mereka.

Dalam Ucapan Menjunjung Titah Ucapan Yang DiPertuan Agong di Dewan Rakyat semalam, Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan) itu mengecam penggunaan ISA. Menurutnya, sejak diperkenalkan pada tahun 1960, ISA telah menjadi alat yang paling berkuasa bagi pihak eksekutif untuk menahan seseorang individu atau kumpulan tanpa bicara.

ISA juga menyekat kebebasan individu dan meningkatkan kuasa eksekutif serta melemahkan kuasa mahkamah dari menyemak sebarang ketidakadilan, ujarnya.

Selain menjadi ancaman terhadap hak asasi manusia, ISA juga mempunyai kesan terhadap masyarakat sivil dan ianya menjejaskan kegiatan dan penglibatan politik di Malaysia, katanya.

ISA seringkali digunakan untuk menyekat aktiviti politik, akademik, sosial serta mencengkam pandangan badan-badan bukan kerajaan dan parti-parti politik, katanya.
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Tikus lebih istimewa dari Tahanan – Sami al -Haji

Jurukamera Al jazeera, Sami al-Haji tiba dirumahnya di Khartoum ibu negeri Sudan pada pagi Jumaat (2/5/2008) selepas 6 tahun ditahan di penjara Guantanamo di Cuba. Tiba di dalam keadaan berusung. Beliau di tahan di Pakistan pada tahun 2001 oleh Pegawai Perisik Pakistan diserahkan kepada Amerika Syarikat. Menurut beliau, tentera Amerika melayan tikus lebih baik dari tahanan.

Sami Al-Haj ditahan selama 6 tahun tanpa bicara (macam pernah dengar je) …… Sila rujuk berita penuh …. Al-Jazeera cameraman held six years at Gitmo is freed

Kepada orang orang yang berkenaan, sila lah bezakan walau sedikit pun antara ISA dan GUANTANAMO nihh…. Nanti orang kata kita tiru plak, atau pun ISA ni memang penjara milik Amerika, tapi cawangan di Malaysia…. Macam syarikat syarikat perniagaan tuhhhh…

ISA: BN MEMANG TAK BOLEH HARAP

“Mahu saya simbahkan air asid ke muka Khairy …”

“I tak boleh pakai badge ni sebab I luv ISA…. Lagi pun family I belum ada yang kena ISA”, itu lah jawapan Timbalan Ketua Pemuda UMNO yang juga menantu bekas penguasa ISA, Khairy Jamaludin, ketika dihulurkan lencana ISA kepada beliau petang tadi.

Sebelum itu saya dan YB Dr Lo’ Lo menghulurkan lencana yang sama pada Mukhriz Mahathir dan jawapannya ialah “saya tak boleh ambil badge ni … lagipun, kalau tak salah, kenapa mereka kena ISA pula?”

Berdesing telinga saya mendengar kata-kata itu.

Itulah antara kata-kata sebahagian Ahli Parlimen Barisan Nasional yang kami temui di Parlimen petang tadi.

Pada hari ini, Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA telah mengadakan satu majlis khas menyerahkan lencana ISA kepada semua Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat.

Di majlis itu, GMI dengan kerjasama Bar Council menyerahkan satu memo yang diterima oleh Ketua Pembangkan YB Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah dimana dalam memo itu, mendesak supaya semua tahanan di Kem Kamunting segera dibebaskan. more on detikdaily

No2umno - Kita tak boleh ubah BABI jadi KAMBING.

ISA unacceptable – Zaid Ibrahim

Sun2usrf – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim says he finds the Internal Security Act (ISA), which has been regarded as draconian by the Opposition and the legal fraternity, unacceptable.

“I am against any unjust and harsh law, and ISA and OSA (Official Secrets Act) are unacceptable to me,” the de facto law minister said of his stand on the two Acts during an interview with Nanyang Siang Pau.

“In fact, I have stated my stand (on these laws) in my books,” he said.

ISA, a preventive detention law, was enacted on Aug 1, 1960, to replace the Emergency Regulations Ordinance 1948 that was meant to curb communist activities. It was amended in 1972.

Any person may be detained by the police under ISA for up to 60 days without trial for an act which allegedly prejudices the security of the country or any part thereof.

After 60 days, one may be further detained for a period of two years each, to be approved by the Home Minister, thus providing indefinite detention without trial.

Last Saturday (April 26), Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said preventive laws, such as the ISA, will not be abolished as they were needed for the purpose of maintaining public order more…

Syed Hamid: ISA will not be abolished

Star – Preventive laws, such as the Internal Security Act (ISA) will not be abolished they were needed for the purpose of maintaining public order.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom too have introduced such preventive laws.

“The act (ISA), which was introduced before the country’s independence has been continued and improved.

“It is not for the purpose of carrying out injustice but to protect the public’s right to live in comfort without fearing for their lives,” he said after launching the Kampung Rela feast here Saturday.

He said the government could not wait for anything bad to happen before taking action. more…

Lapan Tahanan ISA diseludup polis ke lokasi rahsia

KeADILan (…) “GMI bimbang tahanan-tahanan ini didera secara mental dan fizikal semasa di PRC. Keluarga dan tahanan tidak diberitahu bila dan tempat penahanan manakala tahanan pula tidak mempunyai sebarang akses kepada keluarga mahupun peguam,” tegas Nalini.

Sebelum ini, Suara Keadilan isu 133 melaporkan GMI melancarkan kempen “Cukuplah 6 Tahun Kezaliman” dalam usaha membebaskan semua tahanan-tahanan ISA, khususnya tahanan yang melebihi 6 tahun pemenjaraan. Kesemua tahanan ‘veteran’ itu dikaitkan dengan gerakan Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) tanpa bukti kukuh.

Ketika melancarkan kempen yang bermula April hingga Jun nanti, GMI mengulangi seruan kepada rakyat prihatin, khususnya kerajaan negeri Pakatan Rakyat, supaya menekan kerajaan pusat untuk membebaskan tahanan atau memberi keadilan sewajarnya di mahkamah.

Dari siasatan peguam GMI, tahanan-tahanan yang dibawa secara rahsia dari Kemta ke Kuala Lumpur adalah:

a. Mat Sah bin Mohd Satray (dikurung 6 tahun)
b. Abdul Murad bin Sudin (dikurung 6 tahun)
c. Mohd Khider bin Kader (dikurung 6 tahun)
d. Abdullah Daud (dikurung 6 tahun)
e. Suhaimi bin Mokhtar (dikurung 6 tahun)
f. Sulaiman bin Suramin (dikurung 6 tahun)
g. Yazid Bin Sufaat (dikurung 6 tahun)
h. Zaini bin Zakaria (dikurung 6 tahun)

Tegas kenyataan itu lagi, GMI mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya tindakan pihak berkuasa memindahkan tahanan-tahanan tersebut dengan sewenang-wenangnya kerana besar kemungkinan soalsiasat dijalankan semula keatas tahanan terbabit.

Dari testimoni bekas tahanan ISA, kerajaan menggunakan taktik deraan fizikal & mental keatas para tahanan ketika sesi soal-siasat. Kes-kes rogol dan liwat keatas tahanan wanita mahupun lelaki juga dilaporkan berlaku.

Tambah kenyataan itu lagi, pihak polis telah melanggar undang-undang kerana Seksyen 73 ISA menggariskan bahawa pihak berkuasa tidak lagi boleh menyoal-siasat selepas 60 hari penuh tempoh siasatan awal diberikan sejurus penahanan dibawah ISA. more…

GMI dakwa tahanan ISA dipindah

malaysiakini – “Tahanan disyaki dikurung di pusat reman polis (PRC) di sekitar Kuala Lumpur tanpa sebab-sebab yang jelas,” kata Setiausaha GMI, Nalini E dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Beliau berkata, mengikut sumber maklumat yang diperolehi dari peguam tahanan, lapan orang tahanan telah dibawa ke PRC untuk tempoh seminggu, bermula 19 April hingga 27 April, tanpa sebab-sebab yang jelas.

“Malah, menurut sumber berkenaan, tahanan kemungkinan dibawa ke Pusat Latihan Polis (Pulapol) Jalan Semarak Kuala Lumpur.

“Apa yang menghairankan ialah keluarga dan isteri tahanan tidak tahu menahu tentang perkara ini.

“Sudah hampir seminggu mereka dibawa ke PRC, namun isteri-isteri mereka tidak diberitahu tentang ketiadaan mereka di KEMTA,” katanya sambil menambah lapan tahana terbabit telah ditahan di bawah ISA selama hampir atau lebih enam tahun.more…

Penjara Paling Kejam Dalam Dunia

cursing malay – Inilah gambaran penjara yang paling kejam dalam dunia.Firaun pun tak sekejam ni.Ariel Sharon pun tak sekejam ni.Di persembahkan…

Kem Tahanan ISA Di Kamunting,Malaysia

Pemimpin bersifat binatang aje yang buat rakyat dia masuk sini.Binatang pun rasanya lagi mulia dari pemimpin tersebut.Aku rasa muat kot semua orang yang kutuk2 kerajaan tu.Masuk sekali dengan orang yang pergi perhimpunan Gelita 14 hari tu.Ok ape makan free.

Apakah Umno ‘dimansuhkan’ baru tahanan ISA akan bebas?

Harakahdaily – “Saranan MIC supaya kerajaan membebaskan lima aktivis Hindraf yang ditahan mengikut ISA ,dibuat secara ikhlas atas dasar perikemanusiaan…”

Inilah antara kata-kata yang tertera di muka 6 akhbar Berita Harian pada,Rabu 2 April 2008 yang lalu.

Menarik juga saranan ini walaupun ianya dibuat setelah MIC kalah teruk dalam Pilihan raya Umum ke-12 yang baru saja berlalu dan orang yang membuat seruan itu, sudah tidak punya kuasa dalam kerajaan.

Ya, saya percaya, seruan itu dilakukan secara jujur. Namun, suka saya menyebutkan, sepatutnya bukan setakat MIC saja, malahan semua parti politik yang ada di Malaysia ini, sepatutnya sama-sama tampil dengan saranan dan seruan masing-masing supaya semua tahanan ISA dibebaskan, ISA dimansuhkan dan elok tutup saja Kem Kamunting yang telah menjadi tempat tahanan tanpa bicara kepada ramai ahli politik, ahli akademik dan rakyat Malaysia yang tidak berdosa.

Selama ini, Parti PAS sentiasa konsisten, atas dasar perikemanusiaan, menyeru supaya semua tahanan ISA tanpa mengira kaum, agar segera dibebaskan .Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Ketua Umum, KeADILan dan juga Lim Guan Eng Setiausaha Agung DAP yang kini Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, kedua-duanya pernah ditahan dibawah ISA, juga membuat seruan yang sama.

MCA masih membisu dalam isu ini, manakala Umno secara terus-terang melalui lidah para pemimpinnya (cari kata-kata mereka di Media arus Perdana),menyatakan mereka amat memerlukan ISA untuk memastikan “keselamatan Negara” tidak terancam.

Umno, sebuah parti yang selalu mendakwa memperjuangkan nasib orang Melayu yang majoritinya beragama Islam, seharusnya memberi contoh yang baik kepada parti lain, terutama dalam usaha mempertinggikan nilai-nilai kemanusiaan dan sepatutnya sanggup atau bersedia mendengar keluhan rakyat yang sedar dengan kezaliman ISA dan seterusnya menggantikan akta zalim itu dengan undang-undang lain yang sedia ada di Negara kita. more…

MESSAGE FROM KAMUNTING PRISON

Hindraf

Dear HINDRAF supporters.

Mr.P.Uthayakumar had this message to convey to all HINDRAF supporters on the 100th day of ISA arrest and detention. The message was relayed to a close family member and I had prepared his message in a written form to reflect what he himself would have written had he be given the chance.

P.Waytha Moorthy

Message from P.Uthayakumar

100 days under ISA Detention – P.Uthayakumar Hindraf

Today is the 100th day of my arrest and detention under the ISA at Kamunting Prison, Taiping (Kemta).

I woke up early in the morning and only got to see the moon at 7am when the lock up doors were open. We are locked up about for 15 hours a day from 7pm to 7am and from 11.30am to about 2.30pm.

My spirits are manageable thus far. I have never regretted that my struggle has caused me my freedom and being locked up in prison. This is my contribution to the Malaysian Indian struggle which has been cheated by the Government for 50 years. We have remained a permanently colonized community without realizing it all these while. Now that every Malaysian Indian realises this and are willing to struggle for their “freedom” against the oppression of Malaysian Government we have no choise but to continue with the struggle. I am proud to belong to a generation who woke up against the injustices committed by the state.

The biggest satisfaction after being locked up is to see the BN being denied their two thirds majority and 5 states plus F.T. falling out of the hands of the BN. The UMNO leader who demolished the largestnumber of Hindu Temples ruthlessly, Khir Toyo was punished and so were the other UMNO leaders in their states.

I am regularly informed about HINDRAF’s Makkal Sakthi wave and spirit and people praying for us. People getting arrested and beaten up, fighting for our freedom. I offer my prayers to them and their families . I hear of the hundreds of prayer meetings at temples and other gatherings for us. Please continue fighting. We never stood up for our rights over the last 50 years.

Now that we have started, we shall not stop fighting against all forms of racism and religious extremism, equality and equal opportunities for all, especially for the Malaysian Indians.

It doesn’t matter how long the Government decides to lock me up but the most crucial point is we must fight and demand for our rights. 50 years of injustices are enough. Lets do it for our future generations.

The struggle goes on.

P.Uthayakumar
Hindraf
Kamunting Prison
Taiping (Kemta)

ISA detainee in hospital after fall

Star
KLANG: ISA detainee V. Ganabatirau, 34, is in the Taiping district hospital after falling and injuring his hands and neck.

His wife, teacher V. Buvaneswary, 32, said her husband fell after he became dizzy on Friday.

“They found his blood pressure was high after admission and the full medical report on his condition will be ready on Monday,” said Buvaneswary who visited Ganabatirau in the hospital with about 15 relatives Saturday.

According to Buvaneswary, her husband had been very stressed due to allegations that he and other Hindraf leaders were linked to terrorists.

“He never had a history of blood pressure and I believe that he became ill because he was not able to take those allegations any more,” said Buvaneswary.

She said that she and her relatives were also upset to see Ganabatirau handcuffed to his bed with six police personnel standing watch over him.

“It was a little too much for us, too,” said Buvaneswary.

Kenapa tahan Hindraf, Umno bebas?

Malaysiakini
Jika lima pemimpin Barisan Bertindak Hak-hak Hindu (Hindraf) mengancam keselamatan negara kerana menganjurkan demonstrasi, kenapa pemimpin Umno yang menunjukkan perasaan dibiarkan tanpa tindakan?

Demikian pertanyaan yang diungkitkan parti Gerakan Wilayah Persekutuan berhubung sikap terbaru Kementerian Dalam Negeri yang enggan membebaskan pemimpin Hindraf walaupun MIC sendiri kini menggesa kelima-limanya dibebaskan.

“Malah, demonstrasi di Komtar (Pulau Pinang) itu berasaskan sentimen perkauman dan boleh membangkitkan isu-isu perkauman,” kata penolong setiausaha Gerakan Wilayah Persekutuan, K K Supramaniam dalam satu kenyataan.

“Datuk Seri Hamid Albar tidak boleh terus menahan mereka bawah ISA apabila tidak lagi wujud ancaman keselamatan.

“Banyak parti politik dan badan bukan kerajaan menggesa kelima-lima mereka dibebaskan tetapi hanya kerajaan yang berdegil mempertahankan penahanan mereka atas sebab keselamatan.” more…

I can see clearly now…

kosong cafe

|…| For every seat in parliament, on the average, the following number of Malaysians voted for each party:

GOVERNMENT PARTIES
UMNO – 22,782 voters
MCA – 34,652 voters
MIC – 24,616 voters

OPPOSITION PARTIES
DAP – 57,278 voters
PAS – 150,211 voters
PKR – 617,518 voters

Every Malaysian who has continued to vote in BN whilst there have been human beings detained at Kamunting, have been guilty of denying their fellow human beings the basic right of liberty and freedom; the right to be charged and to defend themselves at trial.

After Ops Lalang in 1987, we failed the detainees then by giving BN the vote in 1990.

Let’s not fail our 75 brothers and sisters now languishing in Kamunting.

Nazri says a vote for BN is a ‘Yes’ vote for the ISA.

Well, now vote ‘No’ for the ISA.”

Excerpt from a Malaysiakini letter,

Kayveas dares attack Samy, not Rustam
Vijay Jan 15

“But where was this valiant streak when Malacca Menteri Besar Rustam Ali came a-calling at your own annual conference and in public, figuratively spat on PPP? You sat there and simply lapped up all that Rustam had to spew out. You did not even have the self-respect to at least walk out of the hall, let alone take Rustam on. Were you scared that such a demonstration of temerity against even an uncouth Umno Mat Rempit leader would be the death knell of your political career? When it comes to Umno, none of you in PPP, MIC, or MCA have the pluck to stand up. Instead, you grovel and continue to invite them. Oh, I forgot. To respond in like vein would not be in keeping with the Barisan Nasional ‘spirit’.Kayveas’ only consolation is perhaps that he is not alone in his shameless sycophancy. When Selangor Menteri Besar Mohd Khir Toyo attended a recent meeting with Hindu temple representatives to discuss the issue of temple demolitions, the committee – unbelievably – presented a shawl to him, a symbol of respect in the Indian culture.”

Raja Petra is fond of saying that 191 division leaders of Umno decide who shall be PM and we know why PM has to treat them with velvet gloves.

There is talk that Khairy might stand in Putra Jaya (where the number of constituents is just over 5,000 and most of them are government servants who are known to follow orders), not only because it is physically nearer the PM’s office.

I summarise them as follows:-

A vote for BN is a vote for ISA
A vote for MCA, MIC, Gerakan, etc. is a vote for Umno
A vote for BN is a vote for Umno is a vote for status quo
A vote for Umno is a vote for Khairy as future PM…
scary isn’t it?

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Police break up rally to protest detention without trial law

The Associated Press
Published: January 5, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Banging batons against their shields, Malaysian police Saturday chased away hundreds of demonstrators who held a candlelight vigil to protest against a decades-old law allowing indefinite detention without trial.

A water cannon fired a single burst to drive away the last stragglers among the crowd in downtown Kuala Lumpur, ending a 90-minute standoff.

Police had banned the rally to protest the Internal Security Act. It was the latest in a series of protests that had rocked the government in recent months. Any gathering of more than four people requires a police permit.

“It is a peaceful gathering just to send a message that all citizens have a right to voice their feelings,” said Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, chairman of the Abolish ISA Movement that organized the rally.

“This law is unjust. I think it is time to voice our human rights,” he said, adding that the group would hold more protests.

About 300 people lit candles and gathered behind a police barricade that prevented them from marching to the nearby Independence Square, where they had originally planned to hold the protest.

Police gave them 15 minutes to disperse, during which the protesters chanted “No ISA!” before being pushed back by riot police and a water cannon truck.

The crowd retreated but gathered again about 100 meters (330 feet) from the police barricade. After a while, riot police began chasing protesters away. One person was seen being dragged away by police but it was unclear if he has been arrested.

Police officials declined to comment.

Malaysian opposition and human rights groups have repeatedly called for the ISA, a colonial-era law allowing indefinite detention without trial, to be repealed, saying the law is abused to silence dissidents. The government has said it is necessary to protect national security and ensure stability.

The ISA was most recently used to detain five ethnic Indian leaders who organized a massive rally on Nov. 25 to demand equal right for their minority community in the Muslim-majority country.

Saturday’s protest was not as large as the one on Nov. 25 involving some 20,000 people, but still reflected growing anger among Malaysians against the law.

“We have heard firsthand experiences of ISA detainees. I cringed when I heard how they were tortured,” said Lim Sze Ming, a 29-year-old engineer. “The law has to go.”

Malaysian riot police break up rally to protest detention without trial law

via promahathir.blogspot

International Herald Tribune

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Banging batons against their shields, Malaysian police Saturday chased away hundreds of demonstrators who held a candlelight vigil to protest against a decades-old law allowing indefinite detention without trial.

A water cannon fired a single burst to drive away the last stragglers among the crowd in downtown Kuala Lumpur, ending a 90-minute standoff.

Police had banned the rally to protest the Internal Security Act. It was the latest in a series of protests that had rocked the government in recent months. Any gathering of more than four people requires a police permit.

“It is a peaceful gathering just to send a message that all citizens have a right to voice their feelings,” said Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, chairman of the Abolish ISA Movement that organized the rally.

“This law is unjust. I think it is time to voice our human rights,” he said, adding that the group would hold more protests.

Peek for some nice image: fotowarung.bazuki

Anti-ISA vigil proceeds at Dataran Merdeka

MalaysiaKini

About 200 people tonight participated in a candlelight vigil to protest against the draconian Internal Security Act at Dataran Merdeka despite a police ban against the gathering.

The crowd started gathering in the vicinity of the historic padang at about 8.15pm regardless of the presence of an equal number of police personnel.

The organisers of the vigil – the Abolish the ISA Movement (GMI) – then had successfully negotiated with the police to allow them to complete their peaceful vigil before dispersing.

After a short waiting game, just as the police threatened to move in against the peaceful protesters, the crowd agreed to disperse on their own.

In all, they managed to overcome a police ban to mark their candlelight protest for about 20 minutes. No arrests have been reported.

A section of the crowd however has decided to loiter a few metres away from Dataran Merdeka and are now being threatened with water cannon by the police.

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Crime doesn’t reduce but Our police busy quizzing GMI

Crime doesn’t reduce but Our police busy quizzing GMI over candlelight vigil

Police quiz GMI over candlelight vigil (Malaysiakini)

Police have sought more information about the candlelight vigil that the Abolish ISA Movement (GMI by its Malay acronym) plans to hold in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
GMI president Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh said he was called to the Dang Wangi police station at noon today, to give details in relation to the lobby-group’s application for a police permit.

He said the questions were about the expected number of participants and whether or not banners would be put up during the event.

“We told the police that between 100 and 200 people would attend the event, but it will also be open to the general public,” he said.

Asked if the permit is likely to be issued, he said: “We will just go with the flow, but we stand firm on the fact that it is our right to peaceful assembly.”

The candlelight vigil will be held at Dataran Merdeka to show solidarity for those being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for detention without trial for up to two years at a time.

Family-members of ISA detainees as well as civil society groups against the ISA are among those expected to attend the event, more details of which will be revealed tomorrow.

The vigil was originally planned to be held last Saturday but was cancelled at the last minute. Police blocked all access to the venue on Dec 22 and issued a stern warning not to participate in the vigil as it would be deemed an illegal assembly.

GMI then called off the vigil and applied for a police permit last week.

The police have came down hard on recent rallies in Kuala Lumpur, using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Roadblocks were mounted around the city to prevent protesters from reaching designated assembly points.

Abolish ISA

via drboochenghau

My speech at DAP Johor’s Forum on “Indian Malaysians’ Future: Where do we go from here?” on 3Oth December 2007 at Johor Spastic Center Hall, Jalan Dato’ Menteri Dalam, Johor Bahru.

What Hindraf did was an eye opener where Malaysians resort to non-violent method in airing their views. Problems faced by Hindus are not only an “Indian problems”, they are problems of all Malaysians. It is not only Indian Malaysians’ future that we are concerned about and we care for all Malaysians.

Our Constitution has been amended more than 40 times since Independence. It has failed to protect our basic political rights to assemble peacefully and speak out without fear of arbitrary detention without trial.

ISA (Internal Security Act) has been implemented since the 1960s. The law of same name and nature had been imposed by South African Apartheid Government between 1948 before its repeal until 1990. If South African Apartheid Government could repeal and finally abolish the ISA, why can’t the Barisan Naisonal Government do the likewise?

Many have said Malaysia is not China nor India, which, I think, is true. Nonetheless, Malaysia is neither Indonesia, Pakistan nor Saudi Arabia. We have to solve our problems by viewing ourselves as none but Malaysians. We are all sons of Malaysia and should strive for equal rights for all underprivileged Malaysians regardless of race, religion and origin.