The Shah Alam High Court this morning ruled that the detention of well-known blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin under the ISA was illegal and ordered his immediate release.
Judge Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad said that Raja Petra's detention was unconstitutional.
He said the Home Minister had not followed proper procedure under Section 8 of the ISA to issue the detention order against Raja Petra.
The judge also ordered that Raja Petra, editor of the popular Malaysia Today website, be produced in court by 4pm today after which he should be immediately released.
(source : Malaysiakini)
There is hope yet for the Malaysian Judiciary.
I wonder what kind of statement our Home Minister and others in the government will issue from this turn of events.
2 comments:
once in a while u'd see some hope.. then lotsa disappointments, then little hope.. and this cycle never stops :)
I have always been an optimist. 2009 have been a year of many changes. 2010 may just be the year in which the cycle stops working
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