Gutsy Sin Chew Daily senior journalist Tan Hoon Cheng makes Internal Security Act (ISA) history for being detained for the shortest period under the infamous detention-without-trial law – less than 20 hours!
She was detained in her Bukit Mertajam home on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 8.35 p.m and released at her Bukit Mertajam house at 4 p.m.
She spent the Friday night in the police lockup and the next morning was being taken down to Bukit Aman in Kuala Lumpur by car but U-turned at Ipoh to return to Penang as “instruction” came for her release.
All for a four-paragraph straight reporting of a speech by Umno Bukit Bendera division chairman Datuk Ahmad Ismail in the Permatang Pauh by-election ceramah on August 23 referring to the Chinese in Malaysia as “penumpang”!
Home Minister, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar meanwhile acquired ISA infamy for his cynical, preposterous and contemptible explanation and justification for Tan Hoon Cheng’s arrest as well as those of Teresa Kok and Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the ISA.
Albar claimed that Tan was detained for her safety as the police believed her life was “under threat”.
I could imagine former Prime Minister who was also Home Minister for over a decade giving such a preposterous justification – which would be typical of what I had told Mahathir to his face in Parliament about “Mahathirish perverse illogic”.
But unlike Mahathir, Hamid is a trained lawyer!
Hamid has brought the legal profession into grave disrepute with such preposterous reasoning!
Hamid said the police had acted according to law.
Can Hamid quote chapter and verse in the ISA to educate MPs and Malaysians as to when it was amended to include a new-fangled objective to protect journalists from physical “threat”?
But Hamid could not resist providing the real reason for her detention, as reported by Malaysiakin:
Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar has implied that Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng was also to be blamed for the public furore over the ‘Chinese squatter’ remark.
“The whole thing was started by her, (so) it was best that we talked to her,” Syed Hamid said in reply to a question during a press conference at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman today.
Asked to elaborate, Syed Hamid said the ripple effects from Tan’s article had caused “the polemic and fear” thus warranting investigations by the police.
“That information is from her and it was published. (Since) it has been published, it is best that we get to the bottom of it by getting the information from her.
With such a dumb explanation, Malaysians cannot be inspired by the confidence that the country has a good, steady, level-headed and solid Minister responsible for national security, law and order.
Here is another one of Hamid’s many dumb explanations in his pathetic attempt to justify the ISA arrests of Tan, Teresa Kok and Raja Petra Kamaruddin:
Someone can start a hobby to collect these Hamid Albar “gems”!
#1 by Malaysian Always on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:04 am
Such is the intelligence standard of our ministers. Even in an attempt to provide intelligent excuse for their lawless acts, they still fail. They must think that Malaysians are stupid. Either that or they know they are the ones with the guns and no one dares to touch them, no matter what they do and say.
#2 by vchi on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:05 am
Sign the petition to free ‘Saint’ Teresa!
http://www.petitiononline.com/freetkok/petition.html
#3 by sang kancil on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:05 am
One law for the UMNOPUTRAS another for the RAKYAT. Its time, enough nonsense.
#4 by js on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:06 am
He is useless Minister. Really sad to stay in this country…Malaysia will be hopeless if continue to be ruled by this BN.
#5 by k1980 on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:08 am
//Hamid is a trained lawyer! Hamid has brought the legal profession into grave disrepute with such preposterous reasoning!//
Make Hamid sit for the CLP exam. Make him go to Kamunting if he fails it.
#6 by penang308 on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:10 am
I think She should sue the government and the police for wrongful detention and ask for RN100 million compensation. This will teach the bEeND government to be mindful of what they are doing.
#7 by Freddy on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:22 am
and all these happening in the holy month of Ramadan? in this land of islam hadhari, is flip-flopping lame duck prime minister high on some drugs … ecstasy?
#8 by go4change on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:26 am
Many dumb’s up in the cabinet of Bodohwi, he’s one of the glaring one! LOL! Wonder why this country has been the laughing stock of the people outside? Need not need a clue to find out! Shameless BN ministers!
#9 by nyghtsky on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:26 am
B4 we go all vigilant about so-called ‘Saint Teresa’, note that we the Rakyat wants true justice to prevail! We want Teresa to be tried in a court of law where she is deemed innocent till proven guilty.
If she is really guilty of what she had be alledged to have done, then by all means.. lock her up! The incident could really have had lead to possibly yet another racial incident which we so rightly fear.
If no evidence can be produced to back up tale spurn by Utusan… then her accuser and Utusan be taken to task by law…
I personally don’t believe Teresa is stupid enough to so such unthinkable act… and believe she should be allow to defend herself in the court of law… and not have her rights removed via ISA!
#10 by just a moment on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:28 am
In this hour of darkness, there are jokes also, think Im going …..nuts. I like this write up YB, especially the last liner.
“Someone can start a hobby to collect these Hamid Albar “gems”!
Sometimes, I wonder if I should really intimidate my own IQ just to comprehend what this ‘thing’ is trying to accomplished.
While other countries gather as ONE to fight against natural disasters, econmy crisis, moving ahead progress as citizens and nation.
Ours is busy in dividing the country and on top of disregarding the economy, create more disasters. This is simply outrages!!! Its insult to ones own intelligence by reading any of their respond.
God must set the people free from these Insects, Bigots, racist, dust, scumbags, dictators, oppressors, bullies, brain suckers, IQ-EQ highjackers, moral terrorist, Dreams thives, humans degrader, @@$##, !!##$%%, and words that cannot be found in any existing dictionaries in this entire Galaxy.
Stay cooooool ya ya. Sorry, just need a break,
ok who won last night? Liverpool or MU?
#11 by pulau_sibu on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:36 am
The opposition should point fingers to the police. What are these people’s dogs doing? Can they apply ISA to the robbers and thieves and get them arrested soonest?
Indeed UMNO is shaking now. Rafidah also wanted a closed door meeting with Abdullah and suggested that the prime minister should not be brought down openly (thus secretly by her behind the door?). Suddenly these people are welcoming Mahathir that is kind of difficult to understand. And Mahathir wanted to expose Najix’s dirty linen… What are all these games?
More importantly, without Pakatan Rakyat taking over power, we will have no future. But we don’t get promising news. All the people are crossing our fingers.
P.S. I prefer Malaysia Insider now because it covers news better than Malaysiakini (http://m.themalaysianinsider.com/). The only thing I disagreed with Malaysian Insider is the use of one of the titles: When Umno sneezes we catch a cold. This is a wrong use of the phrase. It is relevant if we describe the economy of US or Japan that is great and that affects us (we depend on them). In this case, the title suggested that UMNO is such a great political party and we live on UMNO. This is not true. We don’t praise a rotten and corrupted party like that
#12 by Jeffrey on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:38 am
Now we’re embarrased by his ‘gems’ He should however try harder, learn to be more imaginative, use more colourful language and make wilder claims so as to bridge the still existing big gap between him and Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf – the famous or infamous Information or Disinformation Minister of Sadamn Hussein’s dying Baghdad regime – that even his enemies have grown to love for his jokes and quotes.Maybe we should support Hamid’s staying on : he make politics more interesting and gives it colour and humour.
Yes he flips flops, which only means he easily makes mistakes but he also easioly makes corrections, when they are pointed out, and thats OK : imagine with a character likeTDM, there is neither neither flip nor flop, neither mistake nor correction, and if a mistake carries on for generations as if it were not, without reversals.
Which is worse? I prefer Hamid anytime. However he hasto try harder to be a little more like Sadamn Hussein’s Disinformation Minister, then he’ll be ‘perfect’. :)
#13 by Malaysian Always on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:45 am
I have a theory.
Obviously ABB isn’t going to be up there for long, and everyone is just waiting to jump on him and take his seat as PM.
Maybe, his next choice of PM, instead of najib or whoeever from UMNO, is actually Anwar? Maybe he has also lost faith in BN through all the internal squabbling and blackmailing that he is willing to forsake his party and give reigns over to PR? Maybe he knows that the moment he steps down as PM his own BN members are going to tear him apart for all the crap that has been done by his son in law? Maybe Anwar has promised ABB no action will be taken against him if PR comes into power?
That’s why ABB and Anwar hardly criticise each other, and maybe that’s why Anwar is seeking an audience with ABB? I mean, I think even UMNO isn’t that stupid to use ISA so blatantly to the extent of arresting the female reporter, especially at this juncture in Malaysian history where public sentiment is very much against the government and abuse of power. They know that such blatant use of the ISA will only further erode BN’s popularity and credibility. Maybe it’s just part of ABB’s strategy of weakening BN? Maybe muhhydin knows it, that’s why he is asking ABB to step down?
If not, I really don’t see how Anwar can be so confident of 916, eventhough I pray for it to happen everyday.
Just maybe, but if my prediction is correct, I should switch jobs and become a political analyst instead lol
#14 by pjboy on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:46 am
After watching the comments made by BN Minister on TV3, it confirms my theory that ISA now only apply to non-BN members. A reporter asked about Datuk Ahmad Ismail & his reply was as expected. Datuk Ahmad Ismail was ‘punished’ within the UMNO party system. The ‘punished’ is like as if Datuk Ahmad Ismail is still a schoolboy. He even stressed the 3 years suspension. Big deal man !
3 years is what we spend overseas to get our degree. Moreover, this Datuk Ahmad Ismail is going on a roadshow to defend his ‘pendatang’ claims??? Is this not encouraging sedition??? Whilst UMNO encourages its members to spread sedition, they lock up others using ISA who did no wrong & prevent sedition.
All that was happening was to clearly intimidate the rakyat & opposition party. We will tolerate this for the next 4 years & vote BN out with mega-tsunami when that time comes. 4 years is not long. We have tolerated for 51 years. What is another 4 years. There’s no room for tyranny in Malaysia. If MCA & MIC have the balls, they should know what to do but dare not do it.
YAB Teresa already issued a 7 day dateline for Datuk Botox & Utusan to respond. Time & time again Utusan has been putting words in other people’s mouth, esp. from the P-R or non-BN MPs. This is also sedition. Making false allegations & bringing up a religious issue that was not even an issue. YAB Teresa should sue Utusan & Datuk Botox if there is no public apology made. These are all personal attacks with a sinister plot behind it.
All Malaysians stand united & with solidarity that all that is happening is false. BN Minister on TV3 claimed there is racial tension. What racial tension??? Pls provide prove. The only racial tension is within BN itself (as they themselves do not know who they are now) & they want to spread this virus to the rakyat in order to declare emergency rule. That’s the primary objective. Create chaos to rule. Glad to say that it will fail.
#15 by Jamesy on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:47 am
Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng was detained under the Internal Security Act because police believed her life was “under threat”.
“She had received threats recently from unknown individuals,” Syed Hamid said at Federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman, stressing that there was no political interest in the recent detentions.
The swift action was to ensure her safety, he said.
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Joke of the century or what?
:)
#16 by LBJ on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:50 am
Did anyone examined the picture of syed amid albar in the press conference. he is doing it george w bush style, flanked by officials.
I am not sure if this is right. In the photo in the Sstar he was flanked on side by the director of narcotics and on the other side by the deputy IGP. I wonder why the director of narcotics is in the press conference on the ISA arrest. Can anyone explain?
#17 by pjboy on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:53 am
So, it seems that ISA will be used to ‘protect’ the public’s life when it is under threat. All our lives are under threat by BN now. So, all Malaysians are under ISA??? C’mon.
ISA = Intimidation & Scheming Act
#18 by miles on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:54 am
I almost could not believe when I read about the Syed Hamid’s explanation on the reason of using ISA against Tan.
That is one of the main reasons why there are more and more people hoping for the success of 916.
We cannot afford to have such a government anymore, the whole world will die laughing at us. Malaysia is in a really bad shape now. For the sake of our beloved country, BN, please go, as we cannot see you having any intelligence and dignity to make this a better place, the longer you stay in power, the longer we suffer.
#19 by nyghtsky on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:54 am
In all fairness, if Sin Chew was issued a show-cause letter to explain why they printed issues which would have lead to racial disharmony, so should Utusan for printing out Teresa Kok’s issues which is not disimilar in nature.
If Ahmad Ismell was suspended for 3 years, Teresa too should be punished in the similar manner if in truth she did what she had been alleged to have done!
Remember that it is justice, fairness and equality which we want.
#20 by lhslhv on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 11:58 am
When there is no rationale to arrest people under ISA, there can never be a logical excuse for the arrest no matter what.
We can have these kinds of people without wisdom governing us is because we have unenlightened voters. History has shown us that the tyrant will eventually be destroyed in any circumstances. When the people are being fooled until there is no more dignity left, they will revolt. Then the fall of the government from disgrace will be inevitable.
How long can this insincere and dishonest UMNO last is immaterial, they will definitely fall with this kinds of modern day undemocratic tyrants around. It is a matter of time. This is a historical fact.
Just hope that this day comes early.
#21 by just a moment on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:02 pm
Heh folks, sorry to divert, In case you need some balance here
I just notice the blog here truly have some of the best jokes. I hope someday we can look back and just sit back and enjoy it all.
It will come, a day where we can have political jokes, doesn’t matter what race and religion, just for the heck of it with some stand up comedians acting it out, wouldn’t it be wonderful, Of course these places are not meant for ‘Holy, sensitive, racist and the likes’. Truly democratic, mature lot.
This is one I like. Im sure you all can find more classics in this blog alone. Can u imagine the entire blog? Its Malaysia Bolehland indeed.
adamclp Says:
Today at 11: 23.25 (37 minutes ago)
Who is the Home Minister trying to kid? Ask him to tell it to a dog and i am sure it would be barking ferociously and if it could laugh, it might die laughing at his stupidity.
#22 by pjboy on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:03 pm
Hi LBJ, as usual ‘semua MP-BN mau gaya, tapi tadak isi’.
He spoke a lot about using the law alright, ie BN-Law not Malaysian Law. It was a shame to Malaysian Law after what happened since Friday.
The ones who are a real threat to the country’s stability are still in UMNO. One of them just got away with a 3 year suspension because ‘he is an UMNO member…so, punished as an UMNO member’. So, an UMNO member can go around the country & cause instability to the country will get 3 year suspension. Reading between the lines, it appears that this 3 year suspension is worst than ISA. Moreover, it took over 3 weeks to act on this rogue UMNO man. While ISA was acted on YAB Teresa within a few days.
Yes, dear Home Minister. We are still in our diapers. How many more embarassment are you going to show the world about Malaysia?
#23 by AhPek on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:05 pm
“………………..,it confirms my theory that ISA now only apply to non BN members.”. pjboy.
How come you lay claim that it is your theory.It is known to a lot people maybe even before you were born!
As for Ahmad,did anyone notice that Tengku Adnan,UMNO secretary general was beside Abdullah when he delivered the 3 year suspension ‘punishment’ on
Ahmad Ismail and the same Tengku Adnan was sitting next to Ahmad Ismail at a press conference called by AI immediately after the ‘sentence’ was meted out so that he could explain why he did not do anything wrong to deserve such ‘punishment’.ALL IN ALL, one big SANDIWARA shamelessly put up before executing this mini OP LALLANG!
#24 by sean on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:05 pm
Umno is bleeding from within………..do not worry as time passes by….they will die a natural death…and it is accelerating faster than we thought.
As for the racist Ahmad that were punish 3 years according to syed fella….that is Umno’s problem…punish him for his whole life..we still don’t care..but most importantly he should be punish accordingly if he creates disharmony and chaos.So what if he is being investigatedby the cops…….
To.PDRM..START GETTING YOUR ACTS AND PRIORITY RIGHT …….We Malaysian are not blind.Yours corrupt leadership days are numbered.
#25 by delCapo on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:12 pm
excuse my lingo here….
besides making history for the shortest ISA detention…
this is also the single most talkcock reason to detain anyone…
followed by the worse statement of excuse by the gomen for the arrest!!!
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#26 by despin on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:21 pm
Syed Hamid is a liar. It would have been more logical if he had offered these reasons why our three heroes were detained:
1) Raja Petra – for starting an (unfinished) 513 article that struck raw nerves
2) Teresa Kok – belated revenge for highlighting nude-squat incident
3) Tan Hong Cheng – since we were forced to rap Ahmad on the knuckles, we shoot the messenger to pacify the hardliners in our party and to frighten other journalists in future.
#27 by Emily Pratt on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:21 pm
Abdullah “The Nicompoop” Badawi practices selective persecution using draconian method that violate basic human rights.
ISA is detention without trial and is being used against bone-fide reporters and civilians to suppress political views.
#28 by drmaharajahrk on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:21 pm
Ahmad Ismail utterance that Chinese were behaving like American Jews gives legitimate reason for America and Israel to intervene in Malaysian Internal Affairs.
#29 by miles on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:22 pm
Someone must be stupid enough in order to give such an explanation.
However, the stupidity becomes something terribly horrible and destructive when it actually comes with power.
A country governed by people with such low level of intelligence is destined to a fall, worse that we can keep laughing at their intelligence but we cannot help but falling together too.
#30 by Emily Pratt on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:23 pm
Syed “The Botak” Hamid is using the police force to intimidate bone-fide reporters and civilians to suppress political opposition.
#31 by Only Peace on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:26 pm
No wonder our country could not progress as much as Singapore even though we have 1000X more resources.
With such low IQ ministers around, i wonder how far we will be lagging in future.
We need change!……. Thorough change to wipe out low intelligence rubbish from leading our country.
On top of that, we need to wipe out the so called UMNO scumbs from robbing our country wealth further.
My only hope is to see Malaysians to live in a peaceful environment without the fear of colours segregation and religion indifferences.
#32 by wanderer on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:30 pm
Syed Hamid, please spare us the agony and stress with your most ridiculous statements. Each time when you open your mouth, I do not know, whether, I should be angry or laugh. Don’t underestimate the rakyat’s intelligence. The frightful thing is, you have not reached the bottom of your evil and destructive ways. How far lower will you go?
We shall stay united to strongly object such abuses and do not allow these evil deeds to continue unnoticed.
#33 by wendyoscar88 on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:31 pm
Is this the standard of malaysian legal sistem. God please bless malaysia.
#34 by nyghtsky on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:35 pm
Let’s not start getting ahead of ourselves and promote hatred even towards those who have wronged us as this is exactly what they want us to do….
Look at the way Gerakan and MCA start to mouth off with regards to defending racial rights in both Ahmad Ismell’s remark and Teresa’s ISA arrest!
We Malaysian, don’t need our racial rights to be defended against one another…
Each all walks of life, racial and religion go by hand-in-hand peacefully…. and the only racial tension is what is being told to us by stupid media, and politicians with their own personal agenda..
Heed not such stories and continue with goodwill towards one another, which will give us the strength to see us through this humdinger of politics!
#35 by toyolbuster on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:37 pm
We must not regard such stupidity as past-time humour. These morons are blatantly embarrassing and disgracing us Malaysian to the lowest ebb. I travel a lot to many countries for my business, and having to explain with great pain, how we end up with such morons as cabinet ministers, makes us out to be walking jokes, which usually starts with ” ahh, a Malaysian, from the land of morons. If you don’t believe, just take a trip to the little red dot and see how fast your face would turn red instead.
#36 by Only Peace on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:39 pm
The only way these ministers and umno cronies can save themselves are to ‘SHUT UP’!
……. That include Abdullah, Najib, Akbar, Ahmad Ismail, Zahid,….
#37 by just a moment on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:44 pm
Folks, just a gentle reminder,
I was directed by one of our bro or sis here in this blog to lend support to Teresa. Hope you’ll drop her a word of encouragement to her family too? Thanks
pls go to: teresakok.com
#38 by Lee Wang Yen on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:56 pm
Sorry, off topic!
To Anwar Ibrahim,
I support your move to overthrow the BN government on 16 Sept 08. It is our only hope. However, there have been some serious questions about your flip-flopping over your target date, which I think you ought to respond to.
I agree that in usual circumstances, the exact date does not really matter. However, the exact date does seem crucial in your particular case, given that you’ve been reiterating the claim that your plan is on track. In your Al-Jazeera interview, you said that your plan would be achieved on 16 Sept, unless the government acted like Mugabe. We understand that overthrowing a corrupt regime is not an easy task. But we’re also well aware that no one forced the 16 Sept deadline on you – it was completely self-imposed. If an awareness of the risk of delay due to unforseen circumstances did not stop you from imposing the deadline on yourself and reaffirming it repeatedly, your credibility is indeed at stake if the deadline is not met. Having experienced a flip-flopping PM over the past 5 years, the people are tired of politicians who don’t fulfil their promises. So 16 Sept 08 is very significant for you.
Would you please respond to an article entitled ‘Teka teki Anwar menjelang 16 September’ (http://mstar.com.my/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_59f1b705-c0a85062-158d9550-3118835e). Below is an exerpt:
‘Kenyataan Anwar yang sering berubah-ubah itu menampakkan seolah-olah beliau sedang mencari alasan yang boleh diterima umum, sekiranya rancangan yang sering beliau jaja selama ini, tidak menjadi kenyataan.
Beberapa penganalisis politik menjangka itulah apa yang akan dilakukan oleh Anwar.
“Saya tak terperanjat jika beliau berbuat begitu. Itulah apa yang akan dilakukan oleh kebanyakan orang politik apabila mereka gagal menunaikan sesuatu janji, sambil memberi pelbagai alasan kenapa ini dan itu tidak berlaku,” kata Prof Dr Mohammad Agus Yusoff dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).’
Thank you!
#39 by maestromind on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:57 pm
Current administration is getting dumber and dumber. They can’t even give any logical explanation and still treating the rakyat as clueless. It is they who are clueless, totally detached from from the rakyat. They are more interested in preserving their power.
#40 by butul on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 12:58 pm
I just don’t get it.
Ahmad was suspended by UMNO for uttering racist statements against Malaysians. Why was the legal process or ISA not used against him? That was clearly not an internal issue of umno. Even the DPM apologised to the nation on his behalf.
In the same manner, should not action against Teresa, if she really did wrong, be taken by DAP only? Even the caretaker of the mosque came out to clarify that Teresa did not even set foot in the mosques or involved as alleged and she is still held under ISA.
Jungle law indeed.
#41 by butul on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:02 pm
Oh by the way, Mr. Botak, can you issue ISA order to detain all our ministers, including our PM because they need protection?
#42 by Dr. W on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:02 pm
Only Peace has made a good point.
Ministers in Singapore are among the highest paid ministers in the world. Yes, even more than what President Bush is getting.
This is essential firstly, to get only the best people in the position. Secondly, giving them no reason to be corrupted. When the big guys running the government started to corrupt, the rest of the smaller components will then follow.
This effort alone, differentiate the good leaders: Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Mr. Goh Chok Tong and Mr. Lee Hsien Long to the damned ones in our beloved country (you know who).
Why dun we start learning from our friendly neighbour? We could be so much better if the government is made up of nothing but the best Malaysian elites, disregard of our differences.
If the Democratic Party in USA could nominate an African American presidential nominee, the abovementioned is certainly not a mere wild dream of mine.
#43 by parameswara on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:03 pm
the ISA is also used in a racist manner.
#44 by homeblogger on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:05 pm
In case you need protection under the ISA from now on, please use Borang IS-4, available at your local police station or post office. Protection will be given only for the following reasons :
- You were doing your job well.
- You told the truth.
- You have offended BN or Ahmad Ismail by calling a moron a moron.
- You have chosen NOT to keep quiet about a moron like Ahmad Ismail making racist remarks.
- You are a hard working MP.
- You are NOT a Toyol.
- You are a politician that Toyol dislikes.
- You are a non BN politician.
- You are not an ugly moron like Ahmad Ismail.
- You are NOT Ahmad Ismail.
Borang IS-4 can also be obtained from Ahmad Ismail as he goes on his nationwide roadshow. In case you do not want to fill up the form, you can qualify for automatic approval for ISA protection by going up to Ahmad Ismail and call him a moron as he is the one who controls the government and ISA.
#45 by MyFoot on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:06 pm
It is not just the 3 who are ISA-ed. We, all the rakyat, all also ISA-ed at the same time.
Although the 3 of them physically suffered, having their freedom restricted, and security threatened; we are all suffered together.
Please don’t insult our intelligence. The only way is to repeal the ISA all together.
#46 by parameswara on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:09 pm
the ISA is as primitive as civilization itself, but now has a modern name.
#47 by vsp on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:15 pm
Syed Albar always claim that he relied on police intelligence for his actions. When he caused a huge traffic jam in KL and Selangor, huge losses to businesses and bad publicity resulted. When cornered, he claimed that he did not know because he himself was caught in the traffic jam.
Now, he is doing the same act again. First he said the ISA was used because of police intelligence. When the stupidity and logic of his action was exposed he disclaimed all responsibility and came out with a new spin to the whole affair.
No wonder in just 1 short year when he was appointed the Home Minister, Malaysia has gone into a tailspin. In comparison, it took Mahathir 22 years to destroy the country.
Hooray! now we have a new record in the Malaysian Book of Dubious Records.
#48 by MyFoot on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:16 pm
It is not just the 3 who are ISA-ed. We, all the rakyat, all also ISA-ed at the same time.
Although the 3 of them physically suffered, having their freedom restricted, and security threatened; we are all suffered together.
#49 by sheriff singh on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:17 pm
Say, did Albar win his branch and divisional elections?
Where did he get his law degree? Timbuktoo? Did he pass his CLP?
With such intellect bordering being classified as a cretin or moron, we have such a man in charge of Internal Security?
Today he has made a total fool of himself and of the government. Trouble is, he think he is believed but everyone can see he is a jackass through and through.
Al-jazeera, where are you? We have a clown for your show.
#50 by Captain on Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 1:17 pm
Brainless and obtuse Hamid Albar is an insult to Malaysians.
Habis all-bar is an aasinine, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, inane, inarticulate, moronic, mum, pantomimic, senseless, stupid, taciturn, unintelligent, blockheaded, dense, doltish, hebetudinous, obtuse, thickheaded, thick-witted.
This gila fella is absurd, addled, anserine, beef-witted, beetle-headed, besotted, blockish, bovine, brainless, brutish, clod, cloddish, comatose, crass, cretinous, dazed, dense, dimwitted, dizzy, dopey, dull, dumb, dumbbell, dunce, fat-witted, fatuous, foolish, footless, foppish, hebetate, humdrum, idiot, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, imbecilic, imperceptive, inane, inept, insensate, insensible, irrational, irresponsible, lethargic, loutish, meaningless, moron, moronic, oafish, oscitant, pointless, prosaic, prosy, purblind, senseless, silly, simple, simpleton, slow, sluggish, stolid, stultifying, stupefied, torpid, undiscerning, uninspiring tame, unintelligent, unwise, vacuous, vapid, witless, worthless , absurdity, fatuity, hebetation, hebetude, inanity, insipience, moronity, stupidity, stupidness …..
it feels so good to say these of him.
a lawyer? he must have bought his degree at lorong belakang pasar chow kit.