17 Released from Kamunting Detention Camp from November till December!

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GERAKAN MANSUHKAN ISA

(ABOLISH ISA MOVEMENT)

PRESS STATEMENT

11^th December 2008

17 Released from Kamunting Detention Camp from November till December!

Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) has been informed that 17 detainees who were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for alleged links to international militant Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Darul Islam (DI) and falsifying documents were released on from November to 4^th December this year.

They are:

No	Name	Allegation	Date Arrested	Date Released	Detention Period
1	Mavalavan a/l Muthuramalingam	Foreign Agent	2007	Released on 4^th December 2008	1 year
2	Mohd Faizol Bin Shamsudin	Foreign Agent	2007	Released on 4^th December 2008	1 year
3	Mat Tarmizi Bin Shamsudin	South Thai Separatist	2005	Released on 4^th December 2008	3 year
4	Abdul Rahman Bin Ahmad	South Thai Separatist	2005	Released on 4^th December 2008	3 year
5	Abdul Murad Bin Sudin	JI	16/10/2002	Released on 2^nd December 2008	6 year
6	Yazid Bin Suffat	JI	9-Dec-01	Released on 24^th November 08	7 year
7	Sulaiman Suramin	JI	2003	Released on 24^th November 08	6 year
8	Faycal Mamdouh	Falsifying documents	May 2008	Released on 11^th November 08	7 months
9	Muhammad Shuaib Hazrat Bilal (Pakistan)	Falsifying documents	May 2008	Released on 11^th November 08	7 months
10	Shaykinar Bin Guat (Filipina)	DI	2006	Released on 11^th November 08	2 year
11	Argadi Bin Andoyok (Filipina)	DI	2006	Released on 11^th November 08	2 year
12	Kasem Dayama (Thailand)	DI	2006	Released on 11^th November 08	2 year
13	Raja Petra Kamaruddin	Blogger/Religious and Racial tension	12 /9/ 2008	Released on 7^th November 2008	2 months
14	Zakaria Samad (Indonesia)	JI	2004	Released on 5^th November 2008	4 year
15	Ahmad Zakaria (Indonesia)	JI	2004	Released on 5^th November 2008	4 year
16	Terhamid Dahlan (Indonesia)	JI	2004	Released on 5^th November 2008	4 year
17	Ariffin (Indonesia)	JI	2005	Released on 5^th November 2008	3 year

GMI welcomes the release of the seventeen as they have not been proven guilty by any open court in Malaysia. We believe that the release of the detainees is the result of the persistent and continuous campaigns to demand for the abolition of the ISA. Furthermore the release of three 6-year detainees Yazid Bin Suffat, Sulaiman Bin Suramin and Abdul Murad Bin Sudin from the ISA is a victory for the recently-launched campaign, “Free 6-year ISA detainees” (Kempen Bebaskan Tahanan 6-tahun ISA), which is one of the main factors that catalyzed the process of their release.

GMI obtained the news of their release from the families of the ISA detainees and lawyers who visited Kamunting Camp recently.

The release of the seventeen, although welcomed, should not be seen as a substantial improvement in the state of human rights with regard to the use of the ISA by the government. 46 detainees are still currently being detained under the ISA, of which four are 6-year detainees. None of the detainees have been charged with any offences. We urge the government to release all remaining ISA detainees and to abolish the ISA and all other laws which permit detention without trial once and for all.

GMI reiterates that punishing or detaining people without giving them any opportunity to defend themselves is barbaric. Uncivilized laws that permit detention without trial are goes against the principles of democracy and should be abolished.

All ISA detainees should be released or be charged in the courts. Even if there is only one ISA detainee left, the struggle will still continue.

Abolish ISA!

Release All ISA Detainees!

Close Down Kamunting Detention Camp!

Released By,

Nalini.E
Secretariat

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