Sep 12, 2008

Three Arrests In A Row Under Internal Security Act (ISA) Today

UPDATED ON 13 SEPT 2008 (00:22):

1) MALAYSIA TODAY EDITOR RAJA PETRA KAMARUDIN



Yesterday the Cabinet ordered the ban on Malaysia Today lifted. Today the police arrested its editor, Raja Petra Kamaruddin. The Government is using the mighty and dreadful Internal Security Act(ISA). Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been detained under the Internal Security Act(ISA) in his house at aroud 1.10pm. He was arrested with 10 police personnel who arrived at his home in Sungai Buloh.

His wife Marina Lee Abdullah received a 'notis penangkapan' of Raja Petra from Chief Inspector Azrin Abu Bakar. The stated reason of detention of Raja Petra was

"...penulis telah menyiarkan rencana-rencana di laman web memburukkan kepimpinan negara dan menghina kesucian agama Islam sehingga menimbulkan kekeliruan kepada rakyat..."


2) SIN CHEW DAILY JOURNALIST TAN HOON CHENG

TAN HOON CHENG

Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng has been arrested today under the Internal Security Act at 8.30pm at her home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. She had been arrested for reporting Ahmad Ismail's seditious speech at a Permatang Pauh by-election ceramah on August 23 that the Chinese in Malaysia are “squatters” in the country and which resulted in a nation-wide political crisis.




3) DAP LEADER TERESA KOK



She becomes the third person to be detained under the prevention law today.

Who's next?

6 comments:

Satish said...

RPK under ISA but not ahmad ismail...wtf?!

Satish said...

kononya d chinese started it...ahmad d 1 who call dem pendatang,immigrants,squaters 1st....our ancestors who were brought here by the british can say they pendatang 1st la...

but we all born n bred here (citizens man!) called pendatang pulak..hundreds of thousands of non-malays also helped in d development of dis nation like d fight against d japanese during d japanese invasion..

all dis purposely,ahmad in penang causing racial tension,here khir toyo causing racial tension by saying teresa kok against islam for telling mosque in kota damansara to do awaty wit sum prayers...dap n teresa say it false allegation 2 stir racial riots..

bn desperate...dis their last way 2survive...put rpk under isa...anwar sodomy...cause riots...do may 13 again...call 4 emergency rule..dissolve parliament...BN reborn again..i think dis will happen la

Anonymous said...

What is so wrong with this police they are supposed to serve us but they seem to be following the goverment and supporting BN.They are misusing their powers they are supposed to arrest ahmad ismail and not a blogger that reported it...
If thats the case arrest all the media directors and editors because they too did publish this news...
This is nonsense...
This is misuse of power how can they do this..
They are going against the law of democracy...

Anonymous said...

But to arrest a reporter for writing the truth??? This is ridiculous!
Democracy?? you say?

Sze Jia said...

it's the despair moment for all malaysians who uphold justice and rule of law

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