Nov 23, 08 9:52pm | Malaysiakini
The police moved in to disperse a group of people who had gathered at a field in Ampang Jaya for the launch of an anti-ISA campaign and arrested nine people including a parliamentarian.
Among those who were arrested for allegedly failing to disperse was Salahuddin Ayub, PAS member of parliament for Kubang Kerian.
Police light strike force unit started dispersing the crowd - numbering less than 100 - at about 9.26pm just as PAS vice-president Mohamad Sabu started to address the crowd.
By about 10pm, the police managed to remove the people from the field, with the assistance of a heavy downpour.
Continue reading ‘Police stop anti-ISA event in Ampang, nine arrested’
Court orders Raja Petra’s release
Hafiz Yatim | Nov 7, 08 9:46am
The Shah Alam High Court this morning ruled that the detention of well-known blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin under the ISA was illegal and ordered his immediate release.
Judge Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad said that Raja Petra’s detention was unconstitutional.
He said that the Home Minister had not followed the proper procedure under Section 8 of the ISA to issue the detention order against Raja Petra.
The judge also ordered that Raja Petra, editor of the popular ‘Malaysia Today’ website, be produced in court by 4pm today after which he should be immediately released. Continue reading ‘RPK to be released!’
Venue : The Esplanade Penang
Date : 15th November 2008 (Saturday)
Time : 8.00 pm
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Candlelight Vigil in Ipoh
Venue : Taman D.R. (note change of venue from earlier City Hall)
Date : 9th November 2008, Sunday
Time : 8.00 pm
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Speech by Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan, President, Malaysian Bar: Let Right Be Done
(Published Friday, 29 August 2008 01:17pm )
So much is said about justice, truth, and the Rule of Law. Today, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, these words come alive.
An English play entitled “The Winslow Boy” by Terence Rattigan tells of a 13-year old boy in the early 1900s, wrongly expelled from the Royal Naval College for allegedly stealing a postal order from a fellow cadet. The College refused to review its decision. The boy’s only hope was to set forth his request for an open trial in a “Petition of Right” which was presented to the King. King Edward VII signed the boy’s “Petition of Right” in May 1909, writing the immortal words: “Let Right Be Done”. A few days into the trial it was accepted that the boy was innocent and the family was paid compensation.
Powerful words, “Let Right Be Done”. This is why Mr. Yeo Yang Poh, the immediate past President of the Malaysian Bar, called upon the Government in 2006 to review the 1988 Judicial Crisis. He said:
It is, quite simply, a question of seeking the truth. Are we not interested in the truth? Can we afford not to be? Is the Malaysian society not entitled to the truth?
He also said: Continue reading ‘Launch of the Report of the Panel of Eminent Persons to Review the 1988 Judicial Crisis in Malaysia’
Venue: Padang in front of Amcorp Mall, next to A&W Restaurant, Petaling Jaya (Google Map)
Time: 8pm
Date: Every Sunday
Come one, come all. Please bring along your own candles (red & yellow) & wear your RPK t-shirts. T-shirts will be available for sale on-site subject to stock availability. Let’s show our support to RPK & family, and all of the ISA detainees.
Venue: Padang in front of Amcorp Mall, next to A&W Restaurant, Petaling Jaya (Google Map)
Time: 8pm
Date: Sunday, 12th October, 2008
Come one, come all. Please bring along your own candles (red & yellow) & wear your RPK t-shirts. T-shirts will be available for sale on-site subject to stock availability. Let’s show our support to RPK & family, and all of the ISA detainees.
Andrew Ong | Oct 1, 08 6:28pm
Malaysiakini
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi came face to face with at least 40 activists calling for the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the release of all detainees under the law.
A visibly amused Abdullah shook hands and greeted the activists at the Hari Raya open house in PWTC hosted by him and his cabinet ministers.
Abdullah was smiling throughout as he shook hands and exchanged small talk with the activists, as his jittery bodyguards looked on.
“He asked how I was and remembered we met in August,” said blogger and lawyer Haris Ibrahim.
“I replied by saying ‘Please, please, please, please, please abolish the ISA.”
Continue reading ‘Anti-ISA activists at PM open house’
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | Sep 30, 08 4:45pm
Malaysiakini
Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK) has filed a second habeas corpus application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
His wife Marina Lee Abdullah said the legal team had submitted the application today.
“This application is totally different from the first one,” she said when contacted.
“Whereas the first detention order meant he would be detained for up to 60 days, the second said he can be detained in there for life.”
Continue reading ‘Second habeas corpus filed by RPK’s lawyers’
