Tuesday, 23 September 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here struck out Teresa Kok’s habeas corpus application over her detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA), saying the matter was now academic since she had been released.
The Seputeh Member of Parliament (MP) was detained under the ISA on Sept 12, along with Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin and Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng.
Tan was released after 18 hours, and Kok, 44, after a week’s detention.
Kok, also the Kinrara assemblyman and a senior Selangor state executive councillor, was apparently detained because she was considered a potential threat to national security for “racial incitement” after she was accused of petitioning a mosque to reduce the volume for azan (the call to prayer), something which she had vehemently denied.
The accusation surfaced in a Sept 10 article in Utusan Malaysia quoting former Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.
The accusation was refuted by the Kinrara mosque committee chairman and Kota Raja MP Dr Siti Mariah had lodged a police report against Dr Mohd Khir on this issue.
Kok has also lodged a police report against the Malay daily, its columnist Zaini Hassan and Dr Mohd Khir.
- The Star
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