The Sun Daily
by AZIZUL RAHMAN
by AZIZUL RAHMAN
KUALA
LUMPUR: A former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee has questioned the
continued detention of 30 people at the Kamunting detention centre in
Perak despite the repeal of the draconian law last April.
Fadzullah
Abdul Razak, who was among 12 people released from Kamunting on Aug 17,
said the question is pertinent as it has been almost a year since Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak announced the abolition of the
ISA.
Fadzullah
was speaking at a press conference called by the Abolish ISA Movement
(GMI) at Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall yesterday.
Farida
Mohammad and Sivamalar Genapathy from Lawyers for Liberty, who were
also present at the press conference, said they visited the detention
centre on Wednesday and were allowed to meet only 12 detainees.
Farida
said one of the detainees, Razali Kassan, has been diagnosed with
kidney stones and has strict dietary needs. “But he has to use his own
money to buy food at the detention centre’s canteen as the centre does
not provide the kind of food he needs.”
Meanwhile,
GMI chairman Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh criticised an English daily for
allegedly reporting that detainees at Kamunting are still carrying out
criminal activities from behind the bars, through the use of telephones.
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