Hari Malaysia (Anti-ISA) Rally @ The Petaling Jaya Stadium

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Dashken

There's a twist now... Abdullah swapped post with Najib. He is now Defence Minister whereas Najib, Finance Minister. Hmm...

ISA... something like that will be in progress...

IMHO, it's a "downgrade" for Najib. The newspapers keep saying that the Finance portfolio is the most important of the two. In normal times, yes, but in such times, the Defence portfolio is far more important.

IMHO, it shows that Abdullah does not trust Najib. Otherwise, he could have just given him the Finance portfolio. There really is no need to "swap" portfolios.

[Adrian Wong]

BTW, please support this Anti-ISA petition - Free Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Teresa Kok and Others Held Under the Internal Security Act Petition

And get your friends and family members to do so too!!!

[strawroot]

u know wat's ISA?

I Simply Arrest

[Dashken]

Teresa Kok released
Sep 19, 08 1:22pm

DAP Seputeh MP Teresa Kok was released unconditionally at 1pm today, after being held under the Internal Security Act for six days.



Kok walked out from the Jalan Travers police station at 1.40pm, accompanied by her lawyer Sankara Nair and her personal aide, Mandy Ooi.

She was greeted by her visibly elated parents.

Kok was immediately hugged her mother, Poon Seh Kwon, who gave her daughter a bunch of white and pink roses.

"I don't know what I've got into... I don't know what is the real reason (that) caused me to (be) put behind bars for one week," she told journalists outside the police station.

Kok, who is also the Selangor state executive council member, expressed that she was still slightly shaken but glad that she was released.

"(There is) no reason at all to put me under ISA... What have I done? What have I said?" she asked.

"During the whole one week, they didn't show any proof or evidence to show that I made statements that have caused racial and religious tension."

The parliamentarian said that she felt like "fool" when she was incarcerated not knowing the grounds for her arrest.

When asked the reason for her release, Kok said, "I don't know... I don't know why I was charged... Of course, they have to release me; they find no case against me."

Deputy inspector-general of police Ismail Omar said that Kok was released after investigations showed that there was no reason to detain her any further.

Kok will be holding a press conference at 3.30pm at the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya.

‘Honey, I'm home; I've had a hard day'

Minutes after the 43-year-old IT-savvy and affable politician was released, she updated her social networking Facebook account.

At 1.35pm, she posted an entry in her Facebook saying, "Teresa sings ‘Honey, I'm home, I've had a hard day, pour me a cold one da da da...", which immediately attracted comments welcoming her release.

DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang also appeared to be surprised by Kok's early release.

Lim wrote in his blog that he received a phone call with the caller identification ‘Teresa' at 12.56pm while he was having lunch in Ipoh, Perak and he had wondered who was using the MP's mobile phone.

"But it was her on the line and I wondered how she wangled the use of her phone while in detention. But no, she did no such improper thing. She told me that she was being released.

"Bravo. The irresistible pressures for her unjust and undemocratic detention had succeeded," wrote Lim, who is also the Ipoh Timor MP.

Last Friday, Kok was arrested under Section 73(1) of the ISA at 11.18pm, allegedly for sparking religious and racial tension ostensibly for her role in an Islamic matter.

She was arrested on the same day with controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin and Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng, who was however released after 18 hours.

Raja Petra still under detention

Raja Petra, who has targeted the top government figures on his popular Malaysia Today website, however is still under detention.

Her release today came as a surprise as her parents who were allowed to visit her on Monday has said there was a notice to Kok which stated that she would be held under ISA for 28 days.

Kok was held under the ISA detention for allegedly causing tension and conflict among races.

The three-term MP has been in news in recent days - especially in the Malay dailies - after it was claimed that she had told mosque officials in Kota Damansara, Sri Serdang and Puchong Jaya to tone down the call to prayer.

She has denied the allegation and one of the mosques, Masjid Kota Damansara, has also clarified that a damaged amplified has resulted in the calls to prayers to be made without the aid of a PA system.

[Adrian Wong]

The blogger KickDaFella was also arrested under ISA and let go soon thereafter. It's insane. The stupid government is running around like headless chickens.

We need to get Raja Petra and the others out too!!!

[The_YongGrand]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

The blogger KickDaFella was also arrested under ISA and let go soon thereafter. It's insane. The stupid government is running around like headless chickens.

We need to get Raja Petra and the others out too!!!

Oh goodness... all the bloggers are just shoved into that without any trial??

Man, when could this madness ends? Some one have to rectify it!!

edit: Goodness me! I heard that Wee Meng Chee gonna be caught!!

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Oh goodness... all the bloggers are just shoved into that without any trial??

Man, when could this madness ends? Some one have to rectify it!!

edit: Goodness me! I heard that Wee Meng Chee gonna be caught!!

He was called up to the police station today but I don't know what happened to him yet.

[The_YongGrand]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

He was called up to the police station today but I don't know what happened to him yet.

And heard that RPK's gonna spend 2 years in the jail!! WTH???

[Adrian Wong]

Yes, that has been confirmed :

Malaysia Today owner and blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was sent to Kamunting Detention Centre in Perak this morning to begin his two-year detention under the Internal Security Act after the Home Ministry issued an order under Section 8 of the Act, signed by the Home Minister yesterday evening.

This was confirmed by Raja Petra's wife Marina Lee Abdullah at the courthouse this morning. Marina said she was informed by Bukit Aman's DSP Ibrahim through a phone call at 9am.

Marina also said no decision was made on her husband's submission of habeas corpus today. She said judge Suraya Othman had ordered that Raja Petra submit a written submission to be heard on Oct 28.

Raja Petra, 58, was picked up at his house in Sungai Buloh at 1.10 pm on Sept 12. He was reportedly detained in the wake of various statements published in his blog “Malaysia Today".

On the day of his arrest, Raja Petra’s wife Marina Lee Abdullah said 10 policemen came to the house and detained her husband at 1.10pm and took him away at 1.50pm.

So, please SIGN THIS PETITION!! And get your friends, families, mistresses, etc. to SIGN it too!!!

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