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Raja Petra detained under the ISA

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | September 12, 2008 Leave a Comment

(Updated at: 4.35pm)

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Sept 2008: Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) today, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.

He said Raja Petra, 58, was picked up at his house in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, at 1.10 pm under Section 731 of the Act.

Raja Petra was detained after it was ascertained that he could disrupt and threaten security and public order, the minister said when contacted.

Syed Hamid said the detention came in the wake of various statements published by Raja Petra in the website Malaysia Today, the latest being a commentary which allegedly ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad.

“We have called and advised him many times following the publishing of his statements but he has continued to write, so much so that they (the statements) could pose a threat (to security and public order),” he said.

Meanwhile, Raja Petra’s wife, Marina Lee Abdullah, said 10 policemen went to the house and detained her husband at 1.10 pm and took him away at 1.50 pm.

She said she did not know where they had taken him to.

Marina said the police also took several tapes and a computer from her husband’s room.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar, when contacted, said the police would issue a statement on Raja Petra’s detention this evening.

He declined to elaborate.

Raja Petra was detained under the ISA in April 2001 for his involvement in the reformasi movement and was held for 53 days at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping, Perak.

Raja Petra reportedly incited Muslims with a commentary on the article “I promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim” — published in Malaysia Today — which contained sentences that allegedly ridiculed Muslims, and allowed a commentary that allegedly ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad, with reference to the article “Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet”.

Police reports were made on the matter by several organisations, which included the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia, the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council, the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department and the Islamic Missionary Foundation of Malaysia.

Syed Hamid warned on 6 Sept that Raja Petra might be detained under the ISA — which allows for detention without trial — in connection with the articles. 

Section 731 of the ISA permits the detention of an individual for up to 60 days. — Bernama

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