ISA... take out the emotional part
Let some brains speak:
From Malik Imtiaz's Disquiet::
We cannot lose sight of the fact that no matter how heinous the activity complained of may appear, accusations remain mere accusations until and unless they are made out in a court of law. Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.The detentions are therefore clearly preemptive, allowing for a side-stepping of a criminal justice system that is aimed at ensuring that no person is denied his constitutionally guaranteed right to liberty save where it is denied through an exercise of judicial scrutiny replete with inbuilt safeguards aimed at ensuring that an innocent person is not mistakenly imprisoned.
From the US Department of State, and Human Rights Watch,via AFP/Malaysiakini:
The United States demanded that Malaysia provide fair treatment to five leaders of a rights group held under a security law that allows for indefinite detention without trial. [...]"Our expectation as a government is that these individuals would be provided the full protections under Malaysian law, that they would be given due process, that they would be accorded all the rights accorded to any other citizen, and that this be done in a speedy and transparent manner," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. [...]
Human Rights Watch, a US group, said the arrest was "outrageous."
"We have said over and over again that the ISA should be abolished and there is no room for holding people, never mind indefinitely, without charge and trial," said Mickey Spiegel, the group's Asia division senior researcher.
I won't waste space to overlap with what the mainstream media have to say, as you can read them on your own accord. MORE...
Comments
Jeff,
Please do not use statement issued by the US. They has no creadibility. Remember that they use this same modus operandi to detain people from all over the world and send them to Guantanamao. Thousand of them. Just because they are [ DELETED ].
Posted by: zaiman
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December 14, 2007 01:47 PM
Our authorities really good geh. Hindraf leaders all got links with terrorists and they didnt know abt it until these few days. Are we at risk when we hv such competent forces manning the safety of the country?
Posted by: groo
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December 14, 2007 03:43 PM
Apparently the ISA detention orders issued are not in accordance to procedure. According to DAP Karpal Singh he has filed a test case for the Release of lawyer M. Manoharan. But the most sarcastic is the remark by Najib when confronted with the US demands that the detainees be given a fair trial:
“Can they give a fair trial to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, first of all? We will only response if they do so” And this contrasted sharply when the Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs Shabery Cheek declared in Parliament in March 07 that ISA detention cannot be compared to the detention in Guantanamo Bay. The irony is that the Malaysian government had similarly requested the US Government for a fair trial of the two Malaysians who are suspected to be involved in the al-Qaeda terrorism activities.
More details at:
http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2007/12/isa-detention-order-defective-invalid.html
and a Video Clip of his words not reported elsewhere and also Clips of Hindraf leaders last moments before they were ISAed.
Posted by: mwt
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December 15, 2007 01:33 PM