废内安令联盟辩论会 回教徒协理会缺席

（八打灵再也9日讯）回教徒协商理事会今日缺席，由废除内安法令联盟主办的题为「内安法令，合理或不合理」辩论会。

回教徒协商理事会在4月30日发出文告表示拒绝参与辩论会，该理事会表示，希望辩论会是透过电台直播，并由双方认同的模式及时间来进行。

由废除内安法令联盟主办的内安法令辩论会，由回教党淡江区州议员沙阿里代表该组织参与辩论。然而，由于回教徒协商理事会缺席，辩论会转为论坛形式进行。

沙阿里表示，内安法令与回教教义牴触，也不符合法治精神，因此，不符合回教徒协商理事会指他们需要内安法令来捍卫回教的说法。

「回教教义强调公平，然而，内安法令本身含有政治动机，也违反了回教教义。无论任何的宗教都反对未经审讯，剥夺人权的恶法。内安法令妨碍人证明自己无罪的基本权利。 」

他指出，内安法令第8条文，允许部长扣留任何被怀疑的人士长达2年，是一种主观及不合理的条文。

欢迎释放13扣留犯

他说，内安法令至少牴触20条的回教教义，而废除内安法令联盟早在2003年就将相关疑问呈交内阁，内阁却至今都无法解释。

废除内安法令联盟主席赛依布拉欣也针对内政部释放13名内安法令扣留犯表示欢迎，但要求内政部释放仍在扣留营内的另14名扣留犯。

「当中的3名扣留犯甚至被扣留长达8年，已成为了我国历史上最长的内安扣留期限。」

他也指，内政部选择在这个时候释放13名扣留者，似乎含有动机以转移在霹雳发生的不合理事件。他说，对于国阵在霹雳对待州议长的方式感到震惊。

「即便首相否认释放内安法令扣留者与霹雳事件有关，但一切都过于巧合。」

出席辩论会的还包括甘榜东姑区州议员刘永山、公正党最高理事拉蒂法以及一名内安法令扣留者妻子诺拉尼。

「内安法令，合理或不合理」辩论会由废除内安法令联盟主办，并在4月25日发出邀请函予回教徒协商理事会，要求针对回教徒协商理事会指他们需要内安法令来捍卫回教而辩论。

签署释放马诺哈然、废除内安法令请愿书！

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致马来西亚首相纳吉，

雪州政府呼吁首相释放哥打阿南莎州议员马诺哈然及所有被内部安全法令（ISA）扣留者及废除内安法令

马诺哈兰很遗憾他在过去14个月由于监禁在霹雳太平甘文丁拘留营中，而无法有效地服务其选民。

“我感到内疚的是我无法在雪兰莪州议会代表投了反对票给我的选民。我觉得这样对我的选民不公平。”他说。

“我现在必须要考虑辞去雪兰莪阿南莎州议员职，为补选铺平道路，这是为了让我的选民能得以透过补选选出新的、能够更好地为他们服务，能够亲身出席所有雪兰莪州立法议会和事项的人民代表。”

我们呼吁首相纳吉以避免让补选成真，因他说，“太多的时间，精力和金钱用于补选”实际上是不必要的。他补充说，有太多的“政治活动，我国当前应把重点放在拯救国内经济和照顾人民利益，以使马来西亚能达到一个更高的成功水平”。

我们籍此机会表达我们继续支持马诺哈兰继续担任阿南莎州议员，因他是合法选举产生的人民代表。

因此，我们期待立即无条件地释放马诺哈兰以及其他被内安法令拘留者。

此致，
（签名）

作为忠诚和正直的马来西亚人，请就在今天签署请愿书！
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雪民联声援马诺哈兰‧促政府尽早放人

（雪兰莪‧沙亚南）雪州民联领袖今日（周二，5月5日）组团队推动“声援马诺哈兰”运动，向中央政府施压尽早释放哥打阿南沙区州议员马诺哈兰，并劝告他不要因遭扣留而觉得愧对选民。

行动党雪州高级行政议员郭素沁表示，这次的团队以她本身、公正党斯里士迪亚区州议员聂纳兹米、回教党沙亚南区国会议员卡利沙末及废除内安法令行动委员会主席赛依布拉欣为首。

她说，由于内安法令扣留顾问团会在5月18日至19日，重新检讨马诺哈兰遭扣留一案，因此民联决定组团队，即日起在雪州推动声援马诺哈兰运动，特别在马诺哈兰的选区，包括签名运动、讲座会等，截至5月17日。

“雪州政府也会促州内各个地方政府，在区内高挂‘废除内安法令，释放马诺哈兰’的布条，以表州政府立场。”

将收集签名呈首相

她周二在新闻发布会上指出，团队成功收集公众的签名后，将由马诺哈兰代表律师卡巴星代表呈交给首相、内政部长及内安法令扣留顾问团。

“有兴趣响应这项运动的民联支持者，可以在自己的地区举办小型声援会，并邀非政府组织一起参与。民众也可通过电邮方式，致函表态支持马诺哈兰，电邮地址为freemanoharan@gmail.com。”

郭素沁：劝马诺哈兰勿辞职
行动党尽量不要补选

郭素沁也说，民联会极力劝告马诺哈兰继续守土，以免哥打阿南沙区出现另一次的补选。

提及雪州议会反对党领袖拿督斯里莫哈末基尔，促请行动党应尊重马诺哈兰的决定一事表示，行动党立场就是尽量不要补选，若基尔想要哥打阿南沙再补选，那岂不是有违首相拿督斯里纳吉早前强调不支持补选的做法。

针对一旦出现补选，马诺哈兰的妻子可能代夫上阵的问题，郭素沁选择不回答。

出席新闻发布会者包括雪州行政议员黄洁冰、适耕庄区州议员黄瑞林、甘榜东姑区州议员刘永山、万挠区州议员颜贝倪、莲花苑区州议员李映霞、直落拿督区州议员陈春水等。


马诺哈兰妻子布丝巴妮拉：
丈夫愧对选民萌去意

我的丈夫在被扣留期间，曾多次致函和尽最大努力，要求中央政府释放他，但结果还是一样；相信这种种\的打击加上他不能为选民服务一事，令他觉得“愧对”哥打阿南沙位选民而萌去意。

沙亚南区国会议员卡利沙末：
了解马诺哈兰心情

身为“过来人”的我，非常了解马诺哈兰现在的心情，马诺哈兰因认为自己对选民有责任，但被扣留却什么事情也做不到而萌生辞职念头。既然认为自己有责任，他就更不应该轻言放弃，相信大家都不赞成他辞职。

斯里士迪亚区州议员聂纳兹米：
不应未经审讯扣人

若中央政府认为一个人犯下任何过错，应通过公开法庭审理案件，而非援引内安法令，在未经审讯下扣留相关人士。

废除内安法令行动委员会主席赛依布拉欣：
盼中央尽快放人

内安法令可以将一个充满斗志的人，“折磨”得意志消沉，可见这个法令是多么的残暴。我们希望中央政府能够尽快释放马诺哈兰，还哥打阿南沙选民一个州议员。

雪州行政议员刘天球：
马诺哈兰妻子引不满不确实

外传哥打阿南沙区选民对马诺哈兰妻子的服务感到不满根本不属实，因为马诺哈兰的妻子有多名助理的帮忙，而且还有其他州议员，包括自己（刘天球）、雪州议会议长邓章钦等人和多名市议员，都经常协助处理此区的民生问题。

雪州行动党主席欧阳捍华：马诺哈兰妻上阵是谣言

马诺哈兰有辞去州议席的想法，主要因为他不能为民服务心里感到内疚，而非要向政府施压。过去也有行动党领袖在内安法令下被扣留时中选议员，但是没有人因此辞职或退党，相信马诺哈兰也一样。

兴权会主席瓦达慕迪：选民了解情况

马诺哈兰没有必要辞职，选民在投票时，很清楚马诺哈兰无法亲自为民服务。但我们对民联没有采取积极和建设性的行动争取释放马诺哈兰，以及没有协助其妻子代为照顾选区感到失望，她要代夫打理律师楼和家庭，又要照顾选区，已经是不胜负荷。

行动党副宣传秘书张念群：扣留不合理

扣留马诺哈兰的决定不合理，因为选民并不认为他会对国家构成威胁。行动党希望当局能重新检讨援引内安法令扣留马诺哈兰的决定。

5月10号适逢母亲节将安排一场聚会，邀请内安法令扣留人士的妻子及母亲出席。

Kerajaan pusat bertanggungjawab jikalau PRK Kota Alam Shah diadakan kerana perletakan jawatan M. Manoharan

Kerajaan pusat bertanggungjawab jikalau kerusi ADUN Kota Alam Shah terpaksa dikosongkan akibat perletakan jawatan YB M. Manoharan atas alasan tidak dapat berkhidmat kepada rakyat kerana masih di bawah tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA).

Pada masa sekarang, M. Manoharan masih ditahan di bawah ISA. Portal berita web Malaysiakini telah menerbitkan satu laporan bahawa terdapat ura-ura bahawa M. Manoharan mungkin akan melepaskan kerusi ADUNnya memandangkan beliau masih ditahan di bawah ISA dan ini menyebabkan beliau tidak dapat berkhidmat untuk rakyat.

Keputusan kerajaan pusat untuk terus menahan M. Manoharan di bawah ISA ialah tindakan yang tidak boleh diterima kerana M. Manoharan merupakan seorang wakil rakyat bermartabat yang dipilih oleh rakyat pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 yang lalu. M. Manoharan telah berjaya menggondol undi majoriti yang besar, iaitu sebanyak 7184 undi, biarpun beliau tidak dapat hadir untuk berkempen. Keputusan ini menunjukkan kepada kerajaan pusat bahawa rakyat di Kota Alam Shah tidak menerima tindakan kerajaan pusat menahan beliau di bawah ISA dan mereka tetap menerima beliau sebagai ADUN mereka biarpun beliau masih ditahan di bawah ISA.

Kini sudah sampai masanya untuk seluruh rakyat mendesak kerajaan pusat untuk melepaskan M. Manoharan supaya beliau dapat menjalankan tugas rasminya sebagai seorang wakil rakyat. Jikalau kerajaan enggan berganjak, ini hanya sekali lagi menunjukkan kerajaan pusat di bawah Dato’ Seri Najib Razak tidak mempunyai keinginan untuk membebaskan wakil rakyat daripada penahanan ISA agar mereka dapat menjalankan tugas mereka. Sememangnya ini bukan tindakan yang sepatutnya untuk sebuah kerajaan yang bertanggungjawab.

Malahan, sejak Dato’ Seri Najib Razak menjadi Perdana Menteri, beliau pernah beberapa kali menyatakan bahawa rakyat sudah jemu dengan pilihanraya kecil yang berjalan tanpa berhenti. Beliau juga pernah mengkritik Pakatan Rakyat kerana menyebabkan beberapa pilihanraya kecil. Jikalau Najib adalah ikhlas terhadap kata-katanya, maka beliau perlu segera melepaskan M. Manoharan.

Saya akan menulis surat kepada Pejabat Menteri Besar Selangor dan meminta Kerajaan negeri turut membantu mendesak Kerajaan Pusat melepaskan M. Manoharan.

马诺哈兰无法服务选民辞职，联邦政府须负责

如果马诺哈兰因无法服务选民而辞去州议员职位，那么联邦政府必须负起全部的责任。

中央政府持续以威胁国家安全的莫须有罪名扣留马诺哈兰是不为人接受。巴生哥打阿南莎的选民已经在3月8日当天大声向中央政府表达他们的不满声音。在第12届大选，马诺哈兰竟然能够在无法现身竞选的情况下以7184多数票漂亮胜出，显示选民不认同中央政府继续扣留马诺哈兰。

现在是时候向联邦政府施压，要求释放马诺哈兰，让他能够顺利履行州议员的责任。如果中央政府坚持扣留马诺哈兰，这意味中央政府没有意愿让民选州议员恢复自由身服务人民。这并不是一个负责任政府所应有的行为。

更何况，自从纳吉上台成为首相之后，他已经一再向人民表示不愿意国家一直在进行无谓的补选。如果纳吉是有诚意的话，那么现在是时候释放马诺哈兰。其实，不仅是马诺哈兰本人，其他尚遭扣留的两名兴权会领袖如P•乌达雅古玛、和T•瓦山达古玛都应该被释放。

我将会致函州务大臣办公署，希望州务大臣能够再次向中央政府表达我们对联邦政府继续扣押马诺哈兰的不满。

M. Manoharan harus dilepaskan bersama-sama dengan tahanan ISA yang lain

Perdana Menteri baru Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak semalam mengumumkan perlepasan 13 orang tahanan ISA daripada Kem Tahanan Kamunting. Antara mereka yang dilepaskan ialah dua orang aktivis Hindraf, R. Kengdharan dan V. Ganabatirau.

Saya menyifatkan tindakan ini hanya merupakan satu sandiwara kerana kerajaan harus melepaskan semua tahanan yang masih ditahan di dalam Kamunting di bawah ISA sebagai langkah pertama jikalau kerajaan serious dalam memulihkan hak asasi rakyat di bawah pentadbiran beliau.

Saya tidak memahami logik kerajaan pusat dalam perbuatan ini apabila nama YB M. Manoharan, ADUN DAP untuk kawasan Kota Alam Shah, Klang tidak disebut sebagai salah seorang aktivis yang akan dibebaskan.

Pada pilihanraya umum ke-12 yang lalu, YB M. Manoharan telah bertanding di kawasan DUN Kota Alam Shah, Klang dan menang dengan majoriti sebanyak 7,184 undi biarpun beliau masih ditahan di Kamunting di bawah ISA dan tidak dapat berkempen sendiri.

Kejayaan besar yang dicapai oleh beliau bukan sahaja satu kejayaan yang besar untuk DAP dan beliau sendiri, malahan ianya juga merupakan satu mesej yang jelas kepada kerajaan bahawa kerajaan tidak boleh terus menahan mereka yang tidak bersalah tanpa perbicaraan melalui ISA, khususnya dalam kes Sdr M. Manoharan ini.

Jikalau kerajaan pusat serious untuk mengikis persepsi negatif rakyat terhadap kerajaan pusat sebagai kerajaan yang menekan hak rakyat, maka kerajaan pusat harus melepaskan semua tahanan ISA khususnya YB M. Manoharan yang merupakan seorang wakil rakyat. 

Saya tidak menampak sebarang untuk kerajaan pusat terus menahan beliau di bawah ISA ini melainkan kerajaan masih ada kebimbangan tertentu sebelum YB M. Manoharan dapat dibebaskan.

Selagi kerajaan pusat tidak berbuat demikian, rakyat belum dapat meraikan kemenangan sepenuhnya terhadap akta ISA.

21 charged with illegal assembly

By The Sun Tan Yi Liang

PETALING JAYA (Jan 23, 2009) : Authorities today charged 21 people at the Sessions Court here with one count of illegal assembly and one count of defying a police order to disperse during an anti-ISA candelight vigil last year.

The group, which included PJ Utara MP Tony Pua, Pandamaran assemblyman Ronnie Liu, Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lau Weng San, MPPJ councilor Tiew Wei Keng, and Catholic priest Fr Paulino Francesco Miranda, all claimed trial to the charges.

They were allegedly to have committed at an anti-ISA candelight vigil at the MBPJ compound in Petaling Jaya between 9pm to 10.10pm on Oct 9 last year.

The participants of the vigil, which was organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih), were charged under Section 27 of the Police Act.

If found guilty, they can face up to one year in jail, RM 10,000 in fines or both.

In making submissions for bail, Deputy Public Prosecutor Noordin Badaruddin asked the court to set RM5,000 as bail for each accused, and requested for their travel documents to be impounded by the court.

However, this was rejected by the defence, led by Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo, who called them to be released on personal bond or for a lower bail of RM500 to be set as there was no violence or property damage caused by the accused.

"What is their offence? Their offence was taking part in an assembly, and ignoring the orders of Supt Mohd Shukor to disperse. There was no mention of violence in the offence," said Gobind

"What was done by the accused was their right under the Federal Constitution," said Gobind, who said the charging of the 21 was a black mark in the Malaysian legal system.

"These people merely exercised their constitutional rights to freely assemble, and they are now charged. What is so serious about this offence that it requires such a high bail? They have done nothing which deserves punishment by a high bail amount," said Gobind.

He told the court that the accused posed no flight risk.

"All of them made themselves present today in court, with no problem, and they are prepared to face the prosecution," said Gobind, who then cited authorities to show that there was no legal provision to detain the passports of the accused.

This view was shared by the other defence counsel, Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng, Salim Bashir, Sreekant Pillai, Francis Pereira and Chetan Jemwany, who each cited authorities to persuade the court to allow a lower bail of RM500 for the accused.

This was countered by Noordin, who argued that the court had the jurisdiction to impound the passports of the 21 accused as a bail condition and set a bail of RM 5000, and cited case law saying that such actions were an "assurance" to guarantee the attendance of the accused for trial.

"What I wanted to say, is that the request for bail is to ensure that their presence in court is ensured. That is the most important consideration that the court must consider," said Noordin.

After hearing submissions, Sessions Court Judge Balqis Aini Mohd Ali set bail at RM1,500 with one surety and set March 10 for mention.

Agree to RPK

RPK is proposing a change of strategy to repeal ISA after having candle light vigils almost every weekend.

I think his idea is a good idea, particularly when we need to spread the message to the general public. Certainly, we cannot afford to lock the message among the 200 people who attend the vigil.

RPK proposes that the five state Pakatan Rakyat state governments should put the money where their mouths are. He even goes ahead to propose to put up signboards or billboards in the state to spread the message.

I agree with him. It is time for us to be on the offensive side. After all, to be offensive is always the best defense. This is even true when Pakatan Rakyat won the Kuala Terengganu by-election, we need to deepen our charges against UMNO and BN.

Let's work harder to deliver the final nail into their coffin. As I always said, their days in Putrajaya are numbered.

[Photos]: 4th Candle Light Vigil to repeal ISA

More photos here.

Time to send the final blow to BN

From New Straits Times:

Seputeh MP Teresa Kok has confirmed that a molotov cocktail was thrown into her parents' house at Jalan Ipoh early this morning by unknown attackers.

No one was hurt in the 2.55am incident as the petrol bomb did not explode, said Sentul district police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan. At the time, Kok’s parents and younger sibling were at home.

From Utusan Malaysia:

KUALA LUMPUR 27 Sept. — Anggota Parlimen Seputeh, Teresa Kok mengganggap kejadian membaling bom molotov cocktail di rumah ibu bapanya di Jalan Ipoh di sini awal pagi tadi bertujuan untuk menakut-nakutkan dirinya dan menghalangnya daripada menjalankan tugasnya sebagai wakil rakyat.

“Mungkin tindakan ini berpunca dari perasaan dendam terhadap saya dan keluarga selepas media dan blog tertentu menghina dan menggambarkan saya sebagai anti-Melayu, anti-Islam dan bersifat perkauman, dengan mereka-reka cerita yang palsu, sebelum dan selepas saya ditahan di bawah akta ISA,” katanya.

Certainly, somebody is trying to divide the attention on ISA again, but behaving violent with the ill intention of stirring up fears and feeling of hatred among Malaysians.

Malaysians should be glad that all of us have stand together against the unlawful detention of Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the five Hindraf leaders and other ISA detainees when about two thousands peaceful demonstrators gathered in Kuala Lumpur to attend a candle light vigil against ISA.

The current federal government is in total disarray. I do not want to use the word "government" only as it will create unnecessary confusion when people could interpret the word "government" as "state government". When I am part of the Selangor state government, and that the Selangor state government is led by Pakatan Rakyat, not Barisan Nasional, therefore, it should always be made clear that the government I mean here is Federal Government.

At times when the economy of the country is directionless and when the country needs more effort and attentions from the ruling coalition to turn around the economy, the heads of government are only interesting in swapping positions and securing ways to strengthen their position in UMNO.

BN is like a sinking Titanic. BN is like a little sampan in the middle of the ocean without compass. Malaysians will sink togather with BN if BN were to hold on to power. It is now time to send the final blow to BN.

"Super" Minister Hamid Albar...

Yesterday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar slammed Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister Department, Senator T. Murugiah who is in charge of Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) for the latter's statement he made when he attended to YB Teresa Kok's complaint about the poor food quality when she was under ISA detention from 12th September to 19th September 2008.

Syed Hamid Albar behaved as if he is the Super Minister. Although focus should be placed on the abolishment of Internal Security Act (ISA), I applaud Senator T. Murugiah who overseas PCB to immediately look into the matter.

It has been a convention for Cabinet Ministers under Westminster System of not to interfere portfolio of other ministers. However, in this case, Syed Hamid should look at the larger issue and not fence off criticisms especially criticisms from his BN counterparts.

How to show your support to RPK?

A man who has stood up for truth and justice in Malaysia has now been incarcerated for two years without trial and with no hope for release, save at the pleasure of our Home Minister.

The time has come for Malaysians to stand up and be counted; to send a signal both to the authorities that we will not be cowered and that we stand by our man; to send a signal to each other that we are not alone, and to show our strength to one and all.

The time has come to act.

We compile here a number of actions that every Malaysian citizen can do in protest of the ISA, and to express their hope for a better Malaysia. It is imperative in this crucial moment that we keep up the momentum, lest RPK be forgotten like the rest of the ISA detainees.

1. Fly the Malaysian flag anywhere and everywhere possible (car, house, desk, body)
2. Drive with your headlights on in the day
3. Go bald (send pictures to MT Team)

There are a number of other activities that can also be done, all of which will help RPK:

1. Wear Free RPK T-shirts (coming soon!)
2. Hold Candlelight vigils (send pictures to MT Team)
3. Sign online petitions (click here to sign)
4. Flood the authorities with phone calls, faxes, etc (click here for more details)
5. Send greeting cards to ISA detainees in Kamunting

notes:

* email MT Team : admin.mtoday@gmail.com
* postal address of ISA detainess : Y.M. Raja Petra Kamarudin, Tempat Tahanan Perlindungan, 34600 Kamunting, Taiping, Perak.

Photos - Abolish ISA forum 23rd September 2008

For photos, please click here.

ISA will not stop misunderstanding about Islam

行动党今办废除内安法论坛

（吉隆坡21日讯）民主行动党中央宣传局将在本月23日（星期二）晚上8时于隆雪华堂主办《废除内安法令》论坛，以表达要废除内安法令的立场。

该局今日发文告指出，在我国宪法第149条文下，授权内政部长，只要他认为有关扣留是必要的，他可以在无须提控或经审讯的情况下，扣留任何人。

该局说，人民必须团结一致，支持所有内安法令扣留者及他们家人，因此主办这场论坛。

这场论坛主讲人包括雪州高级行政议员郭素沁、律师公会主席拿督安比嘉、废除内安法令联盟主席赛依布拉欣、槟州首席部长林冠英、莎阿南国会议员卡立沙末、班底谷国会议员努鲁依莎及霹雳州宋卡区州议员西华尼申。

Forum: Abolish ISA!

Free RPK, Free Hindraf 5, Free All Detainees!

The Internal Security Act under Article 149 of the Malaysian Constitution permits the detention, at the discretion of the Home Minister, without charge or trial of any person in respect of whom the Home Minister was satisfied that such detention was necessary.

A week ago, we have witnessed yet again, the abuse of the ISA in the case of the detention of Raja Petra Kamarudin – Editor of Malaysia Today, Tan Hoon Cheng - Journalist, Sin Chew Jit Poh and Teresa Kok Suh Sim - Member of Parliament, Seputeh.

To demonstrate stand on the abolishment of the ISA and to show our solidarity and support with all ISA detainees and their families, we are organising a forum with invited speakers with details as follows:

Date: 23 Sep 2008 (Tue)
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, Jln Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur
Admission is Free; Bring Friends

The panel of Distinguished Speakers include:

Lim Guan Eng, Penang Chief Minister, DAP MP Bagan, ADUN Air Itam

Teresa Kok, Selangor State Exco, DAP MP Seputeh/ADUN Kinrara

A. Sivanesan, Perak State Exco, DAP ADUN Sungkai

Khalid Samad, PAS MP Shah Alam
Nurul Izzah binti Anwar, PKR MP Lembah Pantai
Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, Bar Council President
Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, Chairman of Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI)
Moderator: Teo Nie Ching, DAP MP Serdang

The wives of some of the current ISA detainees, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, M Manoharan (DAP ADUN Kota Alam Shah) and V Ganabathirao will be present and be given an opportunity to speak. We should all be there to give the all the moral support we can! Forward to all your friends!

Abolish ISA or Abolish BN!

18人落发抗议滥用ISA 光头佬声援柏特拉

摘自《中国报》。欲看更多照片，请点击这里。

为了表达不满政府滥用内安法令，林立迎（左）和刘永山（右）不惜剃光头抗议。

（吉隆坡21日讯）18名男子今日剃光头，抗议政府滥用内安法令！
这项由雪州民主行动党举行的“落发”抗议行动，是力挺在内安法令被扣留的《今日大马》主编拉惹柏特拉和兴都权益委员会成员等人的活动。他们的举动也反映国阵政府动用内安法令的逮捕行动是无“发”无天。

这项“落发”抗议活动，原本只要求18人参与，但反应良好，在短短一天内，报名人数便超过18人，使主办单位不得不拒绝一些人士的参与。

在报名者当中，原本也有一位妇女，不过，在最后关头，在其孩子坚决反对下，最终选择放弃。

参与落发活动的18人中，包括两名国州议员，即泗岩沫区国会议员林立迎和甘榜东姑州议员刘永山；当中，年龄最大的潘儒健，今年61岁；而年龄最小的卡那，今年仅11岁。

参与者今早纷纷穿起印有拉惹柏特拉肖像的黄色T恤准备落发，使会场陷入一片「黄海」。落发仪式由民主行动党国会领袖林吉祥、全国组织秘书郭素沁和拉惹柏特拉妻子玛莲娜联合主持。出席今日落发仪式者也包括武吉免登国会议员方贵伦、雪州行政议员刘天球、格拉那再也国会议员罗国本和莲花苑州议员李映霞等人。

参与者从今早逾11时起分批进行落发，逾半小时即大功告成。在所有参与者被剔光头后，他们也站在一起高喊「释放拉惹柏特拉」、「向内安法令说不」、「释放兴权会5名领袖」等口号。

要求释放被扣者

林吉祥在致词时，赞扬拉惹柏特拉是网络资讯战的英雄。

他说，10年前，行动党曾为在煽动法令、印刷及出版法令下，被法庭宣判坐牢的檳城首席部长林冠英展开“落发”抗议行动，10年后的今天，这项落发抗议是为争取马上释放所有在内安法令扣留者。

此外，玛丽娜李希望，这项行动，有助向政府传达人民要政府释放拉惹柏特拉和其他内安法令的讯息。

她也预计，接下来会有更多国人以“光头”示人，表达对拉惹柏特拉的支持。

Head-Shaving Ceremony: Call for ISA to be reviewed and repealed

For more photos, please click here.

(The Sun) KUALA LUMPUR, 18 DAP members shaved their head bald to protest the detention of Malaysia-today.com webmaster Raja Petra Kamarudin and all other ISA detainees.

"We want the ISA repealed and all ISA detainees freed," said Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng who led the gathering of about 100 members.

Also present was Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lau Weng San. The protesters, aged between 11 and 61, including women, gathered at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly hall at 10.30am and took turns to lose their their "crowning glory".


Describing the 18 participants as "defenders of justice", DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang said 10 years ago a similar vow was carried out at the same venue when his son and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was jailed under the Sedition Act.

"We are here to demonstrate and object the use of ISA and to demand the release of ISA detainees especially the country's No. 1 cyber warrior Raja Petra." he said in his speech.

Lip Eng said he has sent a letter to Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Syed Albar to adhere to the a statement made by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) urging the government to review the ISA.

Referring to a news report dated Sept 16, he said Suhakam had found the ISA as an outdated law and it's use was a breach of human rights.

"We urge the Home Minister to take heed of Suhakam's findings as on April 24, 1999, it was he who had announced that the government was ready to form the commission. Hence, Suhakam is his baby and he should pay attention to what they have to say," he said.

Among those present at the event was Seputeh MP Teresa Kok who was released on Friday a week after being held under the ISA, Raja Petra's wife Marina Lee Abdullah, Kelana Jaya MP Low Gwo Burne and several other DAP MP's.

Mansuhkan ISA or Mansuhkan BN!

Teresa is finally released but Raja Petra Kamaruddin and other ISA detainees including YB M. Manoharan and his four other counterparts are still detained under the draconian act.

While we can happily welcome the release of Teresa Kok, the continued detention of Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Hindraf 5 leaders and others under ISA only strengthen our will and strength to abolish ISA.

In fact, there is nothing much for us to celebrate except for the release of Teresa Kok. We should not even talk about celebration as if the struggle to abolish ISA has already succeeded. The release of Teresa Kok as well as the release of Tan Hoon Cheng are just a small step towards the abolishment of ISA.

Malaysians of all races and religions must now come together to get rid of ISA. We certainly do not want to see our next generations to continue to live under threat with the existence of ISA.

Malaysians shall not forget that there are currently bloggers charged under Sedition Act, which is also another draconian act. Newspapers (Sin Chew Daily, The Sun and Suara KeADILan) are served with show-cause letters under the provision of Printing and Press Act, which is another act that stiffen freedom of speech. The Home Ministry has yet to take any actions on the three newspapers.

The sword of devil is still at our neck. During the press conference held in the DAP HQ yesterday afternoon, the DAP reiterated our stance to repeal ISA and other draconian acts that stiffen freedom of speeches and basic human rights. The arbitrary arrests of Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Tan Hoon Cheng and Teresa Kok on 12th September had brought all Malaysians only to be more determined to change the BN government in order to bring new breath to Malaysia.

Mansuhkan ISA or Mansuhkan BN!

Teresa is released

Teresa Kok is finally released. For photos, please visit here.