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15 SEPTEMBER 2008 / 15 RAMADHAN 1429
ABIM condemns the USE of Internal Security Act
The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) strongly affirms that Malaysia is a country of laws not of men. We are a country which respects the rule of law and its equal application to all citizens under our Constitution and our guiding Islamic principles.
At no time should a person be detained without undergoing due process of law, in which the right to fair hearing is of utmost importance, and criminal prosecution initiated for unreasonable purposes. Such an action, regardless of the initiating party, goes against the principles of natural justice and the Syari’ah which mandates impartiality, justice and fairness.
We strongly condemn the detentions of blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin and Seputeh MP Teresa Kok under the draconian law of the Internal Security Act (ISA). ISA is a draconian instrument that goes against all tenets of fairness, justice and demoting the rule of law. It promotes cruelty and injustice by denying its detainees the right to be heard and a fair trial. In addition, the ISA is also prone to political abuse and there have been instances where the detainees have been mistreated.
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Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, denounces the arrests of opposition lawmaker, Ms. Teresa Kok, and two journalists, Mr. Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin and Ms. Tan Chee Hoon, under the recently invoked Malaysian Internal Security Act (ISA), a law that provides for the detention of people suspected of threatening the national security with the directive to keep suspects in custody indefinitely without trial.
CALD steadfastly upholds the principle respecting freedoms of dissent, assembly and expression. These rights are elemental in the strengthening of democratic processes and the rule of law.
CALD calls upon the Malaysian government to immediately and unconditionally release Ms. Teresa Kok, Mr. Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin and Ms. Tan Chee Hoo so as to sustain Malaysia’s trajectories towards fuller democracy.
By VIOLET CHO Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Burmese opposition groups are protesting the Malaysia government’s recent arrest of an opposition member of parliament, a blogger and a journalist under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for extended periods of detention without trial.
Malaysia authorities arrested Teresa Kok, Malaysia Today blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin and journalist Tan Hoon Cheng of Sin Chew Daily on Friday. Tan Hoon Cheng was released the following day. The others remain in detention.
Burmese opposition leaders condemned the arrests, which included Ms Teresa Kok, a member of parliament representing the Democratic Action Party and the current secretary of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC), a regional advocacy group for democratic change in Burma.
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