Comments for 'Order to arrest did not come from me' at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:51:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7926 Now Syed Hamid has reprimanded Zaid for not respecting the government's decision in using ISA. So it is a government decision now. That can only mean he was lying to us for good 2 days when he said the ISA arrest had nothing to do with him. And how can you protect someone by arresting her? And subject her to sleeping on wooden planks and bearing mosquitoes? What B...S...! Lim Chong Leong - Lim Chong Leong Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:17:55 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7917 When I read the minister's statement on why the reporter was arrested, I was rendered speechless. I thought that with all the idiotic things they've done, they couldn't possibly be more idiotic. I was wrong. Syahredzan Bin Johan - Syahredzan Bin Johan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:04:24 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7910 Since when the protection of my life can be used as a ground for my detention under ISA? I am not an expert in ISA and I am only a lawyer compared to the Home Minister with his vast years of experience. I would certainly be grateful if the Minister can enlighten me on this "new ground". If my life is threatened, I would now hesitate to lodge a police report! The Home Minister said that the journalist was detained for her own safety and within the same breath, he said "When they got what they wanted and found they had no reason to hold her and that she’s not a security threat and not disturbing public order, they released her immediately”. Isn't that contradictory? Or perhaps after questioning her, the threat to her life has been eliminated? Surely this is one of the most powerful form of protection the world has ever known! Police questions me and wah la...the threat is gone! Didn't the Police questioned her previously in connection to Ahmad's remark? Why during the first interogation, the police could not obtained "what they wanted and found they had no reason to hold her and that she’s not a security threat and not disturbing public order, they released her immediately”. My simple mind coupled with my not so vast years of experience would come to the inevitable conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that the detention may have been used to intimidate journalists. It may have the unintended consequence of arousing public anger since the journalist was detained for merely reporting what she heard and Ahmad was merely suspended from his party! This act of detention is indeed a threat to national security. Kelvin Ng Sin Huat - Kelvin Ng Sin Huat Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:29:57 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7909 Either the threat is now over or she is now being thrown to the wolves. Raymond Yap Soon Hock - Raymond Yap Soon Hock Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:04:05 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7903 As Home Minister, if the order to arrest did not come from you, are you saying that you are acting under the order of the Police? If the order to arrest did not come from you, were you made aware of the intention to arrest (by the Police ) before it happened? Either way, you need to show to us Malaysians that you are indeed a responsible and not indifferent Home Minister. If you are indifferent towards your duty, then UMNO ought to know what to do, if you do not! Tan Peek Guat - Tan Peek Guat Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:39:58 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7899 What kinda rubbish is this? This ain't the first time such stupid statements are made. Detain her because her life was "threatened"??? By who? I wonder ... "I am a minister. I am a politician. If I start to interfere, then people will say I have a political motive." --> I wonder why was he offering "explanations" ON BEHALF OF the police then ... Again, PLEASE, fellow Malaysians are NOT STUPID, so stop this stupidity yourselves. The whole wide world is watching. Sick and tired, Joey Ngu Yi Hui - Joey Ngu Yi Hui Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:17:57 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7898 I agree with Dominic Pillai that the reasons for detaining the journalist (under ISA no less) are nonsense. The truth is that it was a warning to all journalists and the news media - a shot across the bow as it were. Tan Hoon Cheng stood by her story and Sin Chew Daily had the gall to stand by its reporter. Now with the threat of ISA hanging over the heads of the media, will they buckle? Or will they show their true mettle in the face of this adversity? George Lo - George Lo (Sarawak Bar) Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:52:13 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7897 "I killed Altantuya because I wanted her to go to heaven. I was worried because, if she had continued to sin as a mortal, her chances of going to heaven might diminish." You probably found a statement such as the above sickening. It indeed is. But is it any more ridiculous, or sickening, than the following statement made by the minister? "The police had detained Tan because they had received information that her life was being threatened and there might be possible injury to her and the police wanted to get to the bottom of it." Yeo Yang Poh - Yeo Yang Poh Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:41:28 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7896 Are we to believe that the PM and Home Minister had nothing to do with the arrests that took place yesterday? So do they now expect us to believe it was all the police’s own doing? “Syed Hamid said the police thought it was best to get first-hand information from Tan and thus took her in under the ISA and released her a day later after they got the necessary information and found no reason to hold her.” Do you need to arrest a person under ISA at night and at home just to get information from her? Hasn’t she already given her statement to the police earlier? Could she not just have been invited to the police station on Saturday morning for a further statement, if indeed such “information“ was needed? It was also reported that the reporter had been taken in for her own safety. Now this must surely be the icing on the cake. Do you need to arrest someone under ISA to provide her police protection? If so why has Saiful Bukhari (Anwar’s accuser) who I believe is under police protection been given the same treatment. If there indeed was a threat against her , why hasn’t the police arrest anyone in connection of such a threat? Why for heaven’s sake arrest the victim under ISA? The reporter has been released in less than 24 hours and without any police protection, so where is the threat now? Has it just “disappeared” as soon as she was arrested and detained? The reasons given till now for the arrest of the Sin Chew reporter is absolute rubbish. Please do not continue to insult our intelligence. Dominic Pillai a/l R.K. Pillai - Dominic Pillai a/l R.K. Pillai Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:45:19 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/_order_to_arrest_did_not_come_from_me_.html#pc_7894 If she was in any form of danger, why was she arrested? Shouldn't the police provided protection for her and warned her of any imminent danger? Simply doesn't make sense! Would the police provide the protection now when she is already out? I hope she would be able to tell the world later. Zulkepli Bin Omar - Zulkepli Bin Omar Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:32:36 +0100