Controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been detained under the Internal Security Act, said his wife Marina Lee Abdullah.According to her, Raja Petra was arrested when 10 police personnel who arrived at his home in Sungai Buloh at 1.10pm. When Malaysiakini contacted her at 1.25pm, the police personnel were still there.
On Sept 6, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar had warned the 58-year old editor of popular news portal Malaysia Today he could be charged under the ISA for comments allegedly insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad
Several religious groups - Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim), Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim), Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (Maiwp) and Federal Territory Religious Department (Jawi) - had lodged police reports against him.
The groups complained his comment in an article entitled "I Promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim" allegedly used sentences that insulted Muslims.
Raja Petra, popularly known by his initials RPK, is also alleged to have allowed comments to appear on his website that degraded Islam and Prophet Muhammad in an article entitled "Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet"
Meanwhile, his wife Marina said they had yet to appoint a lawyer to handle the matter.
This is the second time Raja Petra, a father of five and part of the Selangor royal family, has been detained under ISA, which allows for indefinite detention without trial.His first arrest under the tough security law was on Apr 11, 2001. RPK was detained as part of a crackdown against reformasi activists in which nine others were also held. At that time he was webmaster for the now de-funct FreeAnwar.com
Raja Petra was released about two months later. However, six of the reformasi leaders were eventually sent to the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping where they were detained for two years.
source: Malaysiakini
Hei what about the Bukit Bendera UMNO division leader, didnt he too was inciting racism.......
cheers.
3 comments:
Akhirnya, masuk juga dia ke tempat yang sepatutnya. Tak boleh dibiarkan sangat dia ni menghasut dan mengelirukan orang. Hancur nanti keadaan. Huru hara.
An appointed minister must bear in mind that he is as human and ordinary as any other citizens in this country. But for him to be able to sit in such high places in the government, the citizens are hoping that this person can carry the high standard of human value, fairness, wisdom and integrity. He should not behave like a warlord brandishing the power given to him by the people of this country unfairly. May god enlightens him with wisdom and love for mankind.
When there's no open public debate or contest
It's always the much hated draconian arrest
Putting democracy to its most severe test
Let's join forces to put things right at their best
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng - 120908
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Fri. 12th Sept. 2008.
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