Malaysiakini reported on the call by Wanita Gerakan for Bukit Bendera UMNO Chief, Ahmad Ismail, to be detained under the Internal Security Act ("ISA"). This call by Wanita Gerakan is completely out of line and unacceptable.
The ISA is a law that allows preventive detention. This means that any citizen can be grabbed off the street and thrown into a jail cell. The citizen need not be charged with any crime. He can be left to languish and be forgotten by everyone else for 2 years or more.
This is what Wanita Gerakan is calling for.
This shows how little they understand what the ISA stands for and, how unjust it is.
A responsible political party (or section, branch or, whatever) must do their homework.
It may be more appropriate to call for investigations under the Sedition Act which has provisions for citizens to be brought to book if they promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Malaysia.
Every citizen is entitled to be subjected to the due process of law for any alleged crime or any offence, which means being investigated, charged and tried in a court of law. There have been several police reports lodged against Ahmad Ismail on this matter under the Sedition Act. This is the correct course of action.
Calling for the ISA to be used against Ahmad Ismail is very, very wrong.
I fully support the views expressed by Malik Imtiaz in his blog, Disquiet.
The ISA is a law that allows preventive detention. This means that any citizen can be grabbed off the street and thrown into a jail cell. The citizen need not be charged with any crime. He can be left to languish and be forgotten by everyone else for 2 years or more.
This is what Wanita Gerakan is calling for.
This shows how little they understand what the ISA stands for and, how unjust it is.
A responsible political party (or section, branch or, whatever) must do their homework.
It may be more appropriate to call for investigations under the Sedition Act which has provisions for citizens to be brought to book if they promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Malaysia.
Every citizen is entitled to be subjected to the due process of law for any alleged crime or any offence, which means being investigated, charged and tried in a court of law. There have been several police reports lodged against Ahmad Ismail on this matter under the Sedition Act. This is the correct course of action.
Calling for the ISA to be used against Ahmad Ismail is very, very wrong.
I fully support the views expressed by Malik Imtiaz in his blog, Disquiet.
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Make Dunno Only. Don't Become a Racist or Satan.
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If you have read Anwarwood Productions latest script, you would have understood what is happening in Penang and all the news as reported in MSN, Malaysiakini, Malaysia Today and other blogger's websites. Some may have high blood pressure, a stroke or even a heart attack by now.
However, my advice to all Malaysians is , "Make Dunno Only!". Continue with your Fast, make preparations for Hari Raya and Mooncake festivals or whatever festivals coming your way.
For those who don't have any upcoming festivals to celebrate, then, may I suggest, we make preparations to celebrate Malaysia Day on 16 September which is the day Malaysia was born, 45 years ago, together with our fellow brothers and sisters from East Malaysia.
If you want to continue getting excited with the news and stories coming out from Penang, then may I suggest the following for you to ponder.
1. Ahmad says Chinese are immigrants or squatters. - Tell me who isn't an immigrant or a squatter in this world?
2. If you are sensitive to the words immigrants or squatters. - I have heard much worst than that over the past 51 years. I am already desensitised.
3. Ahmad tore Tsu Khoon pictures. - No big deal. It would be better if Ahmad had called him, Ka Ting, Sammy Veloo and all those other representatives of BN parties and slap them all instead for not conforming to the spirit of the Malaysian Constitution and doing trade bartering of rights of human beings for their own party interests.
4. Ahmad talking for all Malaysians Malays? - What about DSAI? Maybe Ahmad only represent the 50 or so followers he has. Maybe he can try buying more followers.
5. Ahmad talking for all Moslems? - What about Tok Guru? Is Ahmad an ulama?
6. Reporters get threaten and so forth. - Why are the MSN reporters there in the first place? Why after interviewing Ahmad, then run to interview other BN leaders? Is the news so important that it is worth reporting? Why don't interview Malaysians on the street and ask them what they think of Ahmad and other BN leaders.
7. Use ISA, Sedition Act and so forth. - For once, I totally agree, but it is only to be used only on BN politicians. After everyone is locked up, then abolish it.
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