Comments for Sin Chew reporter may be released Saturday at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:59:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/sin_chew_reporter_may_be_released_saturday.html#pc_7890 Sin Chew senior reporter Tan Hoon Cheng was just doing her job. This 32-year-old girl is not even in politics. She was merely doing her job. She just reported on what was said. That her reportage was accurate was borne out by the apology of none other than Deputy Prime Minister Najib. And sixteen days later, she was arrested under the infernal Internal Security Act. I hear tell that she was crying and crying when she was handcuffed. Just what is going on? Isn't there the rule of law in Malaysia? Was the use of the ISA a Cabinet decision, a prime ministerial decision or was it a unilateral decision on the part of the Minister in charge? As a close friend told me over the phone, "My daughter is good in English. I have always encouraged her dream to do mass communications at the university. Now, I am telling her to do some other course. "It makes no sense for a girl, a non-politician to be arrested for just doing a job. Journalism is far too dangerous a job for my daughter. "As a parent, I do not want to live through the nightmare to raise a daughter, support her through university and see her arrested for merely doing her job." Understandably, this friend wishes to remain anonymous. I hope when this girl is released today, we do not hear stories of custodial horror. Stephen Tan Ban Cheng - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:13:38 +0100