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Thursday 18 June 2009

5 found guilty of attending 2001 anti-ISA gathering

by Nathaniel Tan

I hate it.

I hate that those who stand up to defend others who are detained without trial, deprived of the most basic of liberties in the most cruel fashion, are themselves subject to the cruel prosecution of the state.

Malaysiakini:

The Kuala Lumpur magistrates court today found five undergraduate guilty of taking part in an illegal anti-ISA rally in July 2001.

The five who were found guilty were Rafzan Ramli, Khairul Amal Mahmud, Ahmad Kamal Abdul Hamid, Nik Norhafizi Nik Ismail and Zulkefle Idris, all from local universities.

They have been suspended from continuing their studies by the universities under the Universities and College Universities Act.

Five brave Malaysians who stood up for their beliefs, who stood up for justice, have been denied their right to an education - an opportunity to better themselves.

These vicious policies will result in the exactly type of Malaysia BN wants to create: 1Malaysia full of stupid, blindly obedient lap dogs.

I repeat Merah Hitam’s question: What of this “review” of the ISA? Just more false promises and despicably empty rhetoric.

We’ll continue to follow the case, and continue working to rid Malaysia once and for all of all hateful laws designed to oppress and repress our better natures.

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