read the below artical by tulang besi why the current ISA has been used against RPK Syed Azidi and Teresa Kok:

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Teresa Kok was A Tool To A Bigger Objective: PAS Joining BN

I am very happy that Teresa Kok is released from her incarceration. But, do we know exactly why she was captured?

I am very happy that my friend Teresa Kok has been released from the dreaded act, Akta Ikut Suka Aku (Akta ISA). I wish her a prosperous life and wish her welcome back to the free world.

As we all know, the azan issue is the main issue behind Teresa Kok’s incarceration. But, we are also informed that Teresa has nothing to do with the azan debacle. As stated by Lim Kit Siang in the Malaysiakini report:

“He also alleged the MCA played a part in her detention.

“Teresa’s arrests was based on a report lodged a day before she was detained. The report on the azan issue was made by a key MCA operative in Puchong.”

After the issue was raised, it was prolonged and continued by Khir Toyo with his famous police report. At the same time, in the blog and internet sphere, rumors of attempts to curb “azan” was spread. Trust me, among the Malays, this rumor spread like wildfires. But, what is more interesting is that the rumors are more present among the PAS community. Just about every PAS member was “delivered” this rumor. And the natural target is Teresa Kok.

Now many would assume that all this is done out of desperation and a need to wave sensitive feelings among the Malays. But, in truth, there are more to that.

The entire Ahmad Ismail-Azan Issue-Teresa Kok debacle had one short term objective in mind: to get PAS to join Barisan Nasional and resurrect the PAS-UMNO axis. The created religious tension is hoped to convince most PAS members to support the PAS-UMNO proposition from certain quarters in PAS. It was meant to help “push” the Fraksi UMNO initiative. And it almost worked too.

And Teresa Kok was made the scapegoat or rather unwilling tool to ensure the sucsess of their evil scheme. And what I’ve written here is not a theory. It came direct from a very reliable source.

In short, it was a push-nudge for the Fraksi UMNO within PAS to gain traction among the PAS members and push their PAS-UMNO axis proposal and gain massive acceptance among the members.

We must never forget that whatever schemes that UMNO deploys, there must always be a “tangible” gain in the short run. And getting PAS to join BN is a CLEAR TANGIBLE GAIN for BN and Pak Lah.

The Teresa Kok issue is also related to my earlier article which I quote below.

BN’s Selection of Arrested Bloggers is Weird
Thus far we have three known bloggers that has been thrown into the slammer ( ever since the PAS-UMNO story broke out, that is):

Penarik Beca
Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin
Kickdefella
From the looks of things, there is a pattern emerging. Ever notice that the two blogger: Penarik Beca and Kickdefella are those link or at least expresses their open support to Husam Musa. Furthermore, these two bloggers have done their fair share of exposing the inner going-ons of certain factions in PAS (aka known as Fraksi UMNO – F.U.) that has been talking to UMNO behind everybody’s back.

The arrest of Penarik Beca is the most interesting one. It happened just after the time when the entire secret meeting was exposed to the public. In fact, it is Penarik Beca who actually made the first expose. He even exposed the entourage of PAS leaders to meet leaders of international Islamic movements to discuss possibility of a PAS-UMNO axis. Of course, the “entourage” came empty handed when their proposal was flatly rejected.

Soon after, Penarik Beca was arrested under the charge of Sedition for publishing a picture deemed disrespectful to the Malaysian Police. When in truth, he published an article directly from RPK’s website down to the last z. He probably didn’t notice the dog picture on the Police emblem. If any, it is RPK that should be arrested for the logo, not Penarik Beca.

Penarik Beca has the trust among PAS activists and members. He is a senior PAS members and has been active in the party since the early days of “Kepimpinan Ulama”. Naturally, what he writes will carry massive weight among the PAS rank-and-file.

Kickdefella published an article entitled “Kenyataan Nik Abdul Aziz Yang Di ‘Haramkan’”. Many of the readers may not realize this, but for those sensitive to the beat of the heart of PAS, this article is a death blow to the Fraksi UMNO. It means that the Fraksi UMNO will now have to run for cover to protect whatever’s left of their diminishing credibility among the PAS members.

Kickdefella gets readership, among all, from PAS members as well. Being that he is based in Kota Baru and close to PAS leaders, his publishing of the article CONFIRMS the authenticity of the article. Therefore, when the article appears in his blog, very few PAS members will question that Tok Guru Nik Aziz indeed issued the statement.

One must never forget that when the Tok Guru statement “hits the stands”, the fraksi UMNO was left with but one defense, that is to lay doubt about the authenticity of the statement. One can read such attempt at here.

But when Kickdefella publish such statement, the doubt is effectively gone. Kickdefella is more credible in terms of source because his proximity is closer to Tok Guru and Husam Musa. Therefore, his confirmation stands.

As for Raja Petra, we already know his various expose on UMNO leaders. But one must not forget that he is also instrumental in spreading information about the “fraksi UMNO” acts of indecency. His expose actually transferred the information to a myriad of people and not limited to a homogenous group.

Raja Petra’s expose on the Saiful Bukhari’s deception does more than what we know. As far as PAS is concerned, it knocked the wind off the Fraksi UMNO. Many of the senior leaderships and many of the Ulama council members were told of the existance of a “medical report” that clearly proves Anwar’s complicity in acts of sodomy beyond reasonable doubt.

After that, many among the Council felt they had to support the PAS-UMNO axis if anything to protect the image of PAS. But, Raja Petra foiled this plan, and he did it so well. After RPK’s expose, many of the member of the ulama council felt they were taken for a ride. And the Fraksi UMNO began to lose credibility bit by bit. Until today. The Fraksi UMNO final bullet that they are using right now is that Anwar Ibrahim is an American operative.

It’s not so much UMNO attempt to smear Anwar being expose that hurt them. It’s the fact that when the cat was let out of the bag, their effort to bring PAS over the fence was foiled. That’s all that ever was.

I strongly protest Raja Petra’s incarceration under the ISA. If he is really guilty, charge him under the Shariah court. Let him have the right to defend himself. Muslims are not cowards. Islam is not a coward religion. When Islam says someone is wrong, Islam is willing to come out with sound argument to back it up.

Islam does not need to hide behind a cowardly instrument we have come to know as ISA (Ikut Suka Aku). For one, the Prophet pbuh has never taught his followers cowardice. Such act of arresting Raja Petra under ISA is an insult to Islam despite the justification given by the arresting authority being Islam-related.

IMHO, the recent arrests of bloggers have more to do with botching attempts by certain quarters in PAS to stop PAS from bridging over to the other side. It is like a help from above to the weakening Fraksi UMNO in their effort to ferry PAS into a PAS-UMNO axis.

I was told that the head of Fraksi UMNO got an earful from someone representing some UMNO leader on the delay of the PAS-UMNO axis. A dateline was given but in truth the Fraksi UMNO push has effectively being stopped at it’s tracks at this moment. They are reeling in defense and struggling to salvage whatever’s left of their credibility. UMNO has effectively given up on the PAS-UMNO objective.

Remember, if PAS is brought over to BN, it will be the biggest saving grace to Pak Lah’s hold on power. He will be invincible again and will sail through the UMNO elections with relative ease.

That’s what happened to UMNO back in 1969. When PAS joined UMNO after 1969, UMNO’s credibility among the Malays was reinstalled. They recovered all lost ground and in fact, added more. And 3 years after the 1974 elections (which they won with a massive landslide), they kicked PAS out of Barisan Nasional and rode on to rule the Malays on their own. It’s a good strategy which guarantees utmost result.

At the end of the day, bloggers can expose anything about the current UMNO. But, if PAS joins Barisan Nasional, all of the blogger’s effort is laid to rest.

Still, there is no room for laxity and apathy. A possum ain’t dead till u scrape it off the road. They must continued be watched and spied upon and exposed. I will continue to expose their evil schemes as much as I could.

I am taking a big risk fighting the Fraksi UMNO. Look what happened to Penarik Beca, but I feel I have to do it. Otherwise, the wrong side will prevail.

I pray to Allah SWT that I shall be protected. Amin.

Tulang Besi