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‘Happy’ to be detained (Straits Times)

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:19:41 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR – JEMAAH Islamiah (JI) militant Mas Selamat Kastari is happy to be detained in Malaysia, but he hopes to see his wife and five children during the Hari Raya celebration, according to Suhakam (Malaysia’s Human Rights Commission) vice-chairman Simon Sipaun. Tan Sri Sipaun told The Straits Times that Mas Selamat, who is currently detained under the Internal Security Act, did not have …

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SUHAKAM WANTS REMAINING NINE ISA DETAINEES RELEASED (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:33:59 +0000

TAIPING, Sept 17 (Bernama) — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) wants the Home Ministry to release the remaining nine Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees at the Kamunting Detention Centre here.

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Massive demonstration, serious jam in Malaysia capital (People’s Daily)

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:12:18 +0000

Massive demonstration against the Internal Security Act (ISA) took place here on Saturday, resulting in terrible jams heading towards the city. More than 30,000 people took part in the procession starting at various locations in the city towards the National Palace to hand over a memorandum to the King on the abolishment of the ISA. In order to maintain social security, police have set up road …

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No to ISA and EO! (Malaysia Today)

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:36:25 +0000

By WritestreetIt has been 49 years since the Internal Security Act was enacted. People as young as 15 and have been detained under this law seen by many as a…

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Malaysia to hold Mas Selamat under ISA for two years (Asia News Network)

Thu, 28 May 2009 03:08:46 +0000

Mas Selamat Kastari, one of the region’s most wanted terrorists who was recaptured in Johor last month after more than a year on the run, has been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Malaysia for two years, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Wednesday.

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How the screwee became the screwer (Malaysia Today)

Tue, 12 May 2009 20:33:05 +0000

I know they have issued a fresh detention order and the instant I appear in court they will detain me under the Internal Security Act and send me to Kamunting. And it burns them up so much that I am so near yet so far away.

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Malaysia frees three Hindraf leaders detained under ISA (New Kerala)

Mon, 11 May 2009 04:46:53 +0000

Taiping (Malaysia), May 10 : Three Hindu Right Action Force leaders along with other 10 detainees held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Malaysia were released from the Kamunting detention camp.

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Anwar needles Putrajaya to apologise to Hindraf leaders (The Malaysian Insider)

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:57:33 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – Opposition icon Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today ramped up pressure on the Malaysian government, saying that it should apologise to P Uthayakumar and other Hindraf leaders for detaining them under the Internal Security Act. He also challenged the authorities to substantiate reasons why the men who helmed Hindraf were detained in Kamunting, noting that the police had linked …

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Other News (Bernama)

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:01:11 +0000

PORT KLANG, May 9 (Bernama) — The release of 13 Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees today, including the three Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders, had nothing to do with calls to abolish the Act, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today.

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No more claptrap about ISA reform (Malaysia Today)

Tue, 05 May 2009 08:32:01 +0000

The St ar yesterday carried a most misleading front-page headline “ISA review begins”, reporting that the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak was honouring his promise to initiate a comprehensive review of the Internal Security Act as he had promised when he took office last month as the country’s sixth Prime Minister.

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