PARLIAMENT MOTION
I would be submitting a motion on the ISA today to the Speaker. As per the standing Orders this motion should come up on wednesday(14thMay). Lets see what happens then!
Urgent motion to debate police brutality against demonstration across the country on Sunday 11th May2008 to abolish ISA and free all ISA detainees…
On Sunday across the country Malaysians peacefully demonstrated against the internal security Act (ISA), a draconian and barbaric law used against critics and political opponents of the government.
In Ipoh the demonstrations were brutally suppressed, banners and posters seized and citizens intimidated and threatened by the police. In Penang four were arrested by the Police.
It is the right of every citizen to peacefully show their disagreement with any suppressive law including the ISA. It is their constitutional rights. There is absolutely no need to use the police to stop citizens from exercising their rights peaceably. In Ipoh where I was also present there were more Police personnel then the demonstrators! The demonstrators were well behaved but it was the police who were aggressive and rude.
Instead of police overseeing the demonstrations they could have used the time and served society better if there are engaged in fruitful police duties like investigating and solving criminal cases.
The continued use of the ISA is a shame on the country and the government and the world treats Malaysia as a barbaric nation without contempt. No progressive, democratic country will use the ISA against its own people. Detention without trial and police brutality against citizens are marks of a dictatorship and cruelty. Instead of detaining people under the ISA these detainees should be charged in the court otherwise they all should be freed.
The need to free all ISA detainees is utmost urgent including the five leaders Hindraf. Lawyer P. Uthayakumar is a confirmed diabetic and has a worsening heart condition and the treatment and medicines he is getting are questionable. He requires urgent and constant medical care that can only be provided by a dedicated medical institution like the Institute Jantung Negara. If he is not referred Uthayakumar health would be damaged permanently. The government’s credibility will be seriously damaged if he does not get immediately, professional medical help.
M.Kula Segaran
