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BN can forget about making it a campaign issue in rural areas.
Jean Pereira Sinnappa Trial Trial Told ThatA Whiff of His Fathers Leadership Cik Siti Puan Rosmah Air Asia Black Cat, White Cat - Both Catch The Mouse Scepticism over Malaysian PMs reform announcement The triumph of civil society Rhetoric versus substance No evidence Male Y DNA came from sperm cells, sodomy trial told That bold speech on that historic day I will not respond Kedah Pakatan deadlocked in seats talks Najib enggan akui kesilapan - Pak Samad Zaids apple-polishing act upsets Kita ISA, Dont Count Your Chickens Before Theyre Hatched Forget ISA abolition, zero-in on electoral reform Sodomy II: Wrong conclusion in chemists report, DNA expert testifies Ex-MAS chairman negotiating for settlement in suit against news portal Pakatan Sarawak eyeing all 31 MP seats Mat Sabu claims trial, bail set at RM15,000 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:04 PM PDT By The Malaysian Insider BUTTERWORTH, Sept 21 PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu has claimed trial to a criminal defamation charge of glorifying communist guerrillas at the Sessions Court here this morning.If found guilty of the offence under Section 500 of the Penal Code, the PAS leader face up to two years jail andor a fine.Mohamad, who is popularly known as Mat Sabu, was alleged to have defamed policemen and soldiers who defended the Bukit Kepong police station in a 1950 attack by communists. The maverick politician also faces an alternative charge of defaming family members of the policemen and soldiers. Mohamad had also surrendered himself to police at 8.30pm last night and was released on police bail half an hour later. Umnos Utusan Malaysia had first accused the maverick politician of glorifying Ahmad Indera in an August 27 report that quoted Mohamad as saying that the communist leader was a true hero. Twenty-five policemen were killed in the attack on the Bukit Kepong police station in 1950. The daily and Malay hardliners in Umno have repeatedly called for Mohamad to be charged over the comment with some even insisting that the PAS leader be stripped of his citizenship. ![]() For decades, the opposition has been campaigning for the abolishing of the ISA, and no prime minister has ever succumbed to the pressure. ![]() A week earlier, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the government had no intention of doing so. Najibs announcement on the abolishing of the ISA was followed by his statement that the 1960 Act will be replaced by two other soon-to-be legislated acts. Although rumblings of Najibs previous inconsistencies, political gimmick and farce are filtering the grapevine, political pundits have nevetheless welcomed the move. ISA was enacted in 1960 in a bid to curb communism in Malaysia. In the years following the enactment, the act became a tool for Barisan Nasionals hold on the power seat despite agreements between the Malaysian government and the Malaya Communist Party (CPM) in 1989. It was a clear indication and acceptance that Malaysia was free from the Communist threat. No impact on people But to the BN, the 1960 Act was a weapon of choice used to intimidate and instil fear. The opposition party leaders often accused the BN government of using the ISA for its own political interests, to catch anyone who is not in line with government ideology. A case in point is the October 1987 Operasi Lallang exercise where some 106 people were detained under the ISA and the publishing licences of two newspapers The Star and Sin Chew Jit Poh and another two weeklies The Sunday Star and Watan were revoked. In the following years, the ISA was used to detain Hindraf leaders, famous blogger Raja Petra Kamarudddin, parlimentarian Teresa Kok and local Chinese daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng. This aside, there have been several other incidents that have made the ISA a matter of public concern to a point that on Aug 1, 2009, tens and thousands of Malaysians took to the street to protest against the controversial act. ![]() To begin with, the decision to repeal the ISA will have little value in the rural areas.
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