Open letter to the Minister for Internal Security and Home Affairs Syed Hamid Albar.

YB Datuk Seri,

Administrative detentions without trial of: Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Tan Hoon Cheng and Teresa Kok

The arrests and detentions without trial and the circumstances leading to the same of the abovenamed three under the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) on Sept 12, 2008 are a source of grave concern for the rule of law and democratic values in Malaysia.

All three are reported to have been detained under Section 73(1) of the Act for purposes for police inquiry on grounds that there were reasonable cause to believe that they were acting in a manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia.