KUALA LUMPUR (BebasBersuara): Penulis blog Raja Petra Kamaruddin dihantar ke Kamunting selama 2 tahun.
Menteri Dalam Negeri, Dato' Seri Syed Hamid Albar telah menandatangani perintah penahanan tanpa bicara Raja Petra malam tadi.
Raja Petra telah ditahan di bawah ISA kerana didakwa boleh mengganggu dan mengancam keselamatan dan ketenteraman awam pada 12 September lalu.
Pada 6 September lalu, Syed Hamid Albar telah memberi amaran bahawa editor Malaysia Today itu mungkin ditahan dibawah ISA kerana menyiarkan komen yang didakwa menghina Islam dan Nabi Muhammad.
Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim), Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim), Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (Maiwp) dan Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (Jawi), telah membuat laporan polis terhadap Raja Petra berhubung perkara itu.
Mereka mendakwa komen beliau dalam artikel yang bertajuk "I Promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim" didakwa menggunakan ayat-ayat yang menghina orang Islam.
Raja Petra juga didakwa telah membenarkan komen-komen disiarkan dalam lamanwebnya yang menghina Islam dan Nabi Muhammad, dalam artikel bertajuk "Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet".
Ini adalah kali kedua Raja Petra ditahan di bawah ISA, yang membenarkan tahanan tanpa bicara.
Kali pertama, beliau ditangkap di bawah ISA pada 11 April 2001 ketika gerakan reformasi di mana sembilan orang telah ditahan. Pada masa itu, beliau merupakan webmaster lamanweb FreeAnwar.com ketika itu.
GEORGE TOWN: Sin Chew Daily News reporter Tan Hoon Cheng may be released as soon as today, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.
He added that no more Internal Security Act (ISA) arrests were expected but it will depend on the situation of public order.
Tan, who was arrested under the ISA on Friday night, was sent to Bukit Aman at about 8.30am Saturday.
Prior to that her parents were allowed to see her at the Penang police headquarters.
In a statement Saturday, Wanita MCA chief Datuk Ng Yen Yen said the Government should review the ISA to prevent its abuse or confusion when it is invoked.
Dr Ng said the MCA has sent a team of lawyers to help Tan’s family while Penang Wanita MCA chief Tan Cheng Liang said she would provide counselling for the family.
Tan, who was picked up at 8.40pm Friday, was taken from her house in Taman Seri Rambai in Bukit Mertajam to the state police headquarters on the island.
Tan, 32, reported former Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail’s racist remarks while campaigning for the Permatang Pauh by-election.
source : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/13/nation/20080913100931&sec=nation
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today news portal editor Raja Petra Kamarudin, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok and Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng were arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) here and in Penang.
The first person to be picked up was Raja Petra, 58, from his house in Sungai Buloh near here, followed by Tan, 32, who was arrested from her house in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. Teresa, 43, was detained at 11.20pm as she was on her way home in a car.
All of them were arrested under Section 73(1) of the ISA for allegedly being a threat to security, peace and public order.
A team of police officers from Bukit Aman arrived at Raja Petra’s house at 1.10pm and led him away 40 minutes later.
The team also took some 15 VCDs on ceramah held by Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as well as 16 books.
Last week, the Department of Islamic Development (Jakim) and several Muslim bodies lodged a police report against Raja Petra, who is already facing criminal defamation charges for allegedly insulting the Malays, Muslims and Islam.
In a statement, Deputy Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said Raja Petra was arrested based on surveillance that showed that he was involved in activities that could cause unrest among the multi-racial and multi-religious society of the country.
Tan, who was picked up at 8.40pm, was taken from her house in Taman Seri Rambai in Bukit Mertajam to the state police headquarters on the island.
Tan, 32, reported former Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail’s racist remarks while campaigning for the Permatang Pauh by-election.
Lee Kelvin from Guang Ming and Tan Ming Xao from Nanyang Siang Pau, who had vouched for the accuracy of Tan’s report had gone into hiding.
Kok, 43, who is also state assemblyman for Kinrara and the senior Selangor state executive councillor, was picked up over an alleged involvement with a resident’s petition over a mosque.
Acting Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar confirmed the arrests of Tan and Kok.
Under the Section, police are empowered to detain the trio for a period of 60 days after which the Home Minister can decide on further detention.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar admitted that the decision to detain people and issue show cause letters would be unpopular and would be criticised but it had to be done.
“While we may want to be popular, freedom without responsibilities has ramifications.
“We have to take action to protect the wishes of the majority,” he said.
Syed Hamid also said Raja Petra had been warned on many occasions in the last two years.
“Now, with so much public uneasiness, we do not want anything that can threaten peace in the country.
“The police looked at all aspects and, under present circumstances, the actions were necessary,” he added.
source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/13/nation/2022362&sec=nation
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KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Ogos (Hrkh) - Blogger Penarik Beca, Abu Bakar Mohd Rashid, 50, dibebaskan polis sebentar tadi setelah dua hari ditahan reman pihak polis.
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Beliau yang dihubungi Harakahdaily sebentar tadi mengesahkan pembebasannya.
Menurut beliau, sepasukan anggota polis yang diketuai pegawai penangkap, ASP Kamarulzaman Mohd Salleh, pegawai penyiasat ASP Hazizi Abdul Samad beserta lima pegawai berpangkat inspektor mengambilnya rabu lepas, kira-kira jam 11 malam.
Katanya, beliau terus dibawa ke Bukit Aman dan ditunjukkan pegawai polis terhadap posting di laman blognya yang didakwa menghina pasukan polis.
Posting tersebut berkaitan artikel yang bertajuk "Kenapa tak usik Raja Petra" bertarikh 14 Julai memaparkan logo polis yang telah diubahsuai dengan lambang seekor binatang ditengahnya.
Menurut Abu Bakar, beliau tetap mempertahankan artikel yang ditulisnya mengenai Raja Petra, tetapi mengakui pemaparan logo yang didakwa menghina polis itu suatu kesalahan.
"Tindakan tersebut (memaparkan logo) amat saya kesali dan sesiapa sahaja yang tersinggung, saya memohon maaf," ujarnya.
Menurutnya beliau sendiri tidak tahu mengubahsuai logo, tetapi memperolehinya dari sumber lain.
"Walaupun saya 'copy and paste', pihak polis tetap anggap ianya suatu kesalahan," katanya.
Katanya, beliau ditahan selama dua hari dan komputer ribanya masih dirampas polis
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Ogos (Hrkh) - Blogger Penarik Beca atau nama penuhnya Abu Bakar Mohd Rashid yang ditahan semalam, dilanjutkan tahanan satu hari lagi.
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Perkara ini disahkan isteri beliau, Salwa Abdul Samad kepada Harakahdaily sebentar tadi.
Menurut Salwa, suami beliau ditahan sepasukan empat orang anggota polis sejak kira-kira jam 11 malam semalam di kediaman mereka di Taman Koperasi Polis dekat sini.
Peguam beliau, Mohamed Hanipa Maidin mengesahkan, Abu Bakar dibawa ke pejabat Bahagian Jenayah Perdagangan untuk disoalsiasat di bawah Akta Hasutan.
"Suami menghubungi saya, memberitahu beliau dilanjutkan tempoh tahanan untuk satu malam lagi, katanya polis hendak bersembang-sembang.
"Beliau dibawa ke mahkamah untuk dilanjutkan tahanan reman, tetapi ramai kawan-kawan yang menunggu tidak dapat berjumpa dengannya," kata Salwa.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Blogger'Penarik Beca' masuk lokap.
KUALA LUMPUR - Penulis blog 'Penarik Beca', Abu Bakar Mohd. Rashid, 50, ditahan polis malam kelmarin berikutan artikelnya berkaitan dengan polis dan Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan.
Pegawai Penyiasat Siasatan Siber dan Multimedia Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK), Supt. Victor Sanjos berkata, Abu Bakar ditahan pada pukul 10 malam kelmarin di rumahnya di Taman Koperasi Polis di sini bagi membantu siasatan mengikut Seksyen 4(1)© Akta Hasutan 1948.
Abu Bakar dalam blognya menyiarkan artikel yang memaparkan logo Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) yang telah diubah suai serta komennya mengenai kredibiliti Musa, termasuk dakwaan "Musa dikawal kumpulan kongsi gelap Cina," kata Sanjos kepada Bernama di sini semalam.
Sanjos berkata, polis turut merampas satu unit komputer riba untuk siasatan lanjut.
Penulis itu yang ditahan selama dua hari di lokap Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Dang Wangi akan dibebaskan hari ini, katanya.
Agence France-Presse - 7/17/2008 10:28 AM GMT
A prominent Malaysian blogger was charged with defamation Thursday over a sworn statement in which he linked the deputy prime minister's wife to a sensational murder.
Abdul Razak Baginda, a close friend of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, has been charged with abetting the murder of 28-year-old Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu, whose body was blown up with explosives.
Two police officers from an elite force, whose duties included guarding the 
Police on Thursday charged Raja Petra Kamaruddin, founder and editor of the Malaysia Today website, after he lodged a statement in court last month linking Najib's wife Rosmah Mansor with the murder.
"He will be facing three charges for criminal defamation on the two colonels and Rosmah, the deputy prime minister's wife," the blogger's wife Marina Lee told reporters.
The military personnel were mentioned in Raja Petra's statement, but are not facing any charges.
Najib -- who is heir apparent to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -- has repeatedly denied the allegations, saying he had never even met the murdered woman, and that it was an attempt to tarnish his political career.
Raja Petra, 57, arrived at police headquarters to face the charges, in a defiant mood and accompanied by supporters and fellow bloggers.
"I am ready to face my day in court," he told reporters.
Raja Petra already faces a sedition charge after an article he wrote in May which also implicated Najib and his wife in the case.
The trial on that charge will begin on October 6. If convicted, he faces three years in jail.
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