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| ‘Turn Kamunting Camp Into Heritage Site’ Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT The government should shut down the detention camp in Kamunting and convert it into a national heritage site, urged anti-ISA group Gabungan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI), in announcing three demands last night. GMI secretariat member Ahmad Syukri Razab also called on the police to immediately release the last 45 detainees held there under the Internal Security Act (ISA), as the law replacing it has come into force. He also demanded that the government to set up an independent commission to investigate the purported torture of the detainees. Ahmad was speaking at the group’s candlelight vigil near the national police headquarters at Bukit Aman. “(Kamunting camp) is a monument for us to remember that we have been oppressed before,” he said, explaining why he felt the infamous detention centre should be gazetted as a historical landmark. Syukri announced these demands before a crowd of 30 people at the vigil, who displayed placards that read among others '10th day of hunger strike’, 'Hunger strike for dignity’, Why torture the detainees?’ Under the close watch of some 30 police personnel, the group chanted anti-ISA slogans, recited poems and invited the family members of ISA detainees to relate their experiences. GMI chairman Syed Ibrahim Syed Nor urged Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to release the last 45 detainees as he has the power to do so. He pointed out that under Section 32(2) of the Security Offences (special measures) Bill 2012, the ISA detainees could be further detained until the detention period is served, unless the home minister intervenes. “The minister can order the release of the detainees if he is satisfied. We urge Hishammuddin to exercise his power because it is the right thing to do,” he said. Son missed Meanwhile, Hadijah Veerabu, whose son Fadzullah Abdul Razak has been held in Kamunting since 2010, said she missed her son very much adding has been losing weight since the day her son was taken away. “Now he is in the tenth day of the hunger strike and my body hurts for him,” she said. Hadijah added she had lost faith in Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who promised to abolish the ISA but did not bring Fadzullah back to her. “Whenever I ask camp officials when my son can be released, they tell me to ask Najib,” she said. GMI said they will continue to pressure the authorities, while the activists and the family members of the detainees are expected to visit Kamunting today. |
| Scorpene: Keenganan Najib ke Perancis Timbulkan Prejudis Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:56 PM PDT Keengganan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak menjadi saksi dalam kes Scorpene di Mahkamah Perancis menimbulkan prejudis di kalangan rakyat, kata Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Menurut Anwar, Najib sepatutnya mempunyai keberanian untuk hadir pada perbicaraan itu bagi membersihkan namanya sejak didakwa terlibat dengan skandal berkenaan. "Keengganan beliau hadir bukan saja menimbulkan prejudis dan prasangka di kalangan rakyat, sebaliknya dunia juga sedang melihat setakat mana keberanian dan kebenaran yang cuba ditegakkan oleh beliau, "Sedangkan lebih dari 100 dokumen yang menjurus ke arah pembabitan tersebut telah diperolehi oleh Mahkamah Perancis," ujarnya ketika berucap di Stadium Keladi, Kulim semalam. Bercakap kepada lebih 15,000 hadirin, Anwar turut membidas media arus perdana yang cuba menyembunyikan kes melibatkan rasuah jutaan ringgit itu. "Jangan kita harapkan keadilan media jika membabitkan kepimpinan Umno-BN walaupun jelas Najib mesti hadir ke sana," tegasnya disambut sorakan hadirin yang mahu Najib segera menjawab cabaran tersebut. Hadir sama dalam majlis itu Naib Presiden KEADILAN, N.Surendran, Setiausaha Agung, Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Exco Kerajaan Kedah, Datuk S.Manikumar dan barisan kepimpinan PR Kedah. Baru-baru ini, laman web Asia Sentinel memuatnaik 153 dokumen siasatan polis Perancis, yang mendedahkan urusniaga Scorpene membabitkan kerajaan Malaysia dan syarikat pertahanan Perancis, DCNS. Ia susulan penafian menteri pertahanan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi bahawa kerajaan tiada maklumat mengenai jualan rahsia pertahanan negara dan transaksi Scorpene dibuat mengikut peraturan. Kes Scorpene melibatkan komisen ratusan juta ringgit itu difailkan Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) dan memasuki peringkat perbicaraan di Mahkamah Tinggi Perancis (Tribunal de Grande Instance) sejak Mac lalu. |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:47 PM PDT |
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