KUALA LUMPUR: DAP's Teresa Kok is the latest to be arrested under Section 73 (1) if the ISA Friday.Kok, who is Seputeh MP and also assemblyman for Kinrara, was arrested at 11.20pm Friday.
Deputy IGP Tan Sri Ismail Omar confirmed Kok's arrest.
Earlier, Sin Chew Daily News reporter Tan Hoon Cheng was arrested from her home in Taman Permai in Bukit Mertajam at 8.40pm Friday.
Family members said they were told that she would be taken to the Bandar Perda police station in Seberang Jaya.
Ismail Omar said was also arrested under Section 73 (1) of the ISA.
A colleague said Tan called the office to inform them that the police had picked her up when they went to her home at 8.30pm.
However, when several colleagues tried to call her back on her handphone some 10 minutes later, the phone had been switched off.
On Friday night more than 100 people, including politicians, members of non-governmental organisations and journalists, gathered at the state police contingent to stage their silence protest on the arrest.
Tan, who is Mass Communications graduate from Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been a journalist for nine years.She had reported on former Bukit Bendera division Umno chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail's alleged racist remarks while campaigning for the Permatang Pauh by-election.
The arrest comes on the same day that Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin was detained, also under the ISA.
tunku : so may be another ops lalang on the way now.i hope police will do a fair investigation here and fast one. do not have to detain the two person above for long time.rpk is another case, he should be there as long as the police can keep him.
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2 comments:
RPK ni dah lama murtad. D hantar belajar tinggi2 bukannya nak bela Islam dan negara, nak tunjuk 'hot-shot.' Biadap! Kalau di palestin, orang islam jual tanah kepada yahudi, akan di kenakan hukum tembak atau gantong. Kepala gondol perangai pon seperti setan gondol. Apa yang dia sudah lakukan, semoga Allah humban beliau ke neraka jahanam dan tulang2nya di bakar bersama iblis. Laknatullah.
ML
Dear Tunku
The arrest under ISA has further tarnished Malaysia's image abroad. I feel this is not necessary. It is not a solution to bring stability to the country. Investors will further shy away from the country. I see quite a problem with politics in the country. Those elected crazily want to stay in power.The general feelings among the people is that they are not happy with the present government. We cannot deny this. The PM is shaky now, with attacks from within UMNO. He does not want to leave. The Opposition looks quite popular among the people for some obvious reasons. All this has affected the economy of the country. The ringgit is becoming weak. Prices of goods are getting higher. Yet, there is no solution in sight.
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