GERAKAN MANSUHKAN ISA
(ABOLISH ISA MOVEMENT)
PRESS STATEMENT
11th December 2008
17 Released from Kamunting Detention Camp from November till December!
Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) has been informed that 17 detainees who were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for alleged links to international militant Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Darul Islam (DI) and falsifying documents were released on from November to 4th December this year.
They are:
|
No |
Name |
Allegation |
Date Arrested |
Date Released |
Detention Period |
|
1 |
Mavalavan a/l Muthuramalingam |
Foreign Agent |
2007 |
Released on 4th December 2008 |
1 year |
|
2 |
Mohd Faizol Bin Shamsudin |
Foreign Agent |
2007 |
Released on 4th December 2008 |
1 year |
|
3 |
Mat Tarmizi Bin Shamsudin |
South Thai Separatist |
2005 |
Released on 4th December 2008 |
3 year |
|
4 |
Abdul Rahman Bin Ahmad |
South Thai Separatist |
2005 |
Released on 4th December 2008 |
3 year |
|
5 |
Abdul Murad Bin Sudin |
JI |
16/10/2002 |
Released on 2nd December 2008 |
6 year |
|
6 |
Yazid Bin Suffat |
JI |
9-Dec-01 |
Released on 24th November 08 |
7 year |
|
7 |
Sulaiman Suramin |
JI |
2003 |
Released on 24th November 08 |
6 year |
|
8 |
Faycal Mamdouh |
Falsifying documents |
May 2008 |
Released on 11th November 08 |
7 months |
|
9 |
Muhammad Shuaib Hazrat Bilal (Pakistan) |
Falsifying documents |
May 2008 |
Released on 11th November 08 |
7 months |
|
10 |
Shaykinar Bin Guat (Filipina) |
DI |
2006 |
Released on 11th November 08 |
2 year |
|
11 |
Argadi Bin Andoyok (Filipina) |
DI |
2006 |
Released on 11th November 08 |
2 year |
|
12 |
Kasem Dayama (Thailand) |
DI |
2006 |
Released on 11th November 08 |
2 year |
|
13 |
Raja Petra Kamaruddin |
Blogger/Religious and Racial tension |
12 /9/ 2008 |
Released on 7th November 2008
|
2 months |
|
14 |
Zakaria Samad (Indonesia) |
JI |
2004 |
Released on 5th November 2008
|
4 year |
|
15 |
Ahmad Zakaria (Indonesia) |
JI |
2004 |
Released on 5th November 2008
|
4 year |
|
16 |
Terhamid Dahlan (Indonesia) |
JI |
2004 |
Released on 5th November 2008
|
4 year |
|
17 |
Ariffin (Indonesia)
|
JI |
2005 |
Released on 5th November 2008
|
3 year |
GMI welcomes the release of the seventeen as they have not been proven guilty by any open court in Malaysia. We believe that the release of the detainees is the result of the persistent and continuous campaigns to demand for the abolition of the ISA. Furthermore the release of three 6-year detainees Yazid Bin Suffat, Sulaiman Bin Suramin and Abdul Murad Bin Sudin from the ISA is a victory for the recently-launched campaign, “Free 6-year ISA detainees” (Kempen Bebaskan Tahanan 6-tahun ISA), which is one of the main factors that catalyzed the process of their release.
GMI obtained the news of their release from the families of the ISA detainees and lawyers who visited Kamunting Camp recently.
The release of the seventeen, although welcomed, should not be seen as a substantial improvement in the state of human rights with regard to the use of the ISA by the government. 46 detainees are still currently being detained under the ISA, of which four are 6-year detainees. None of the detainees have been charged with any offences. We urge the government to release all remaining ISA detainees and to abolish the ISA and all other laws which permit detention without trial once and for all.
GMI reiterates that punishing or detaining people without giving them any opportunity to defend themselves is barbaric. Uncivilized laws that permit detention without trial are goes against the principles of democracy and should be abolished.
All ISA detainees should be released or be charged in the courts. Even if there is only one ISA detainee left, the struggle will still continue.
Abolish ISA!
Release All ISA Detainees!
Close Down Kamunting Detention Camp!
Released By,
Nalini.E
Secretariat