Malaysian police arrested Petra on Friday while authorities probed three newspapers, including a Chinese daily, in a major crackdown against dissent and racial.
Controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been detained under the Internal Security Act, said his wife Marina Lee Abdullah.
According to Marina, 10 police personnel came to their home in Sungai Buloh at about 1.10pm to arrest him.
When Malaysiakini contacted her at 1.25pm, the police personnel were still there.
On Sept 6, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar had warned the 58-year-old editor of popular news portal Malaysia Today could be charged under the ISA for comments allegedly insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad.
Several religious groups - Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim), Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim), Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (Maiwp) and Federal Territory Religious Department (Jawi) - had lodged police reports against him.
The groups complained his comment in an article entitled “I Promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim” allegedly used sentences that insulted Muslims.
Second time under ISA
Raja Petra, popularly known by his initials RPK, is also alleged to have allowed comments to appear on his website that degraded Islam and Prophet Muhammad in an article entitled “Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet”.
This is the second time Raja Petra, a father of five and part of the Selangor royal family, has been detained under ISA, which allows for indefinite detention without trial.
His first arrest under the tough security law was on April 11, 2001. RPK was detained as part of a crackdown against reformasi activists in which nine others were also held.
At that time he was webmaster for the now defunct FreeAnwar.com site.
Raja Petra was subsequently released after 52 days in detention. However, six of the reformasi leaders were eventually sent to the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping where they were detained for two years.
modified from: malaysiakini
12/09/08
mi1: The current government is an evil government. Why are they arresting Raja Petra while on the other hand only suspended Ahmad Ismail from UMNO for 3 years? Ahmad Ismail should also be detained under ISA as he has insulted Chinese people in Malaysia.
3 comments:
It is a wake up call for Zorro Unmasked to don his mask and start gathering his multi racial jihad forces to fight this evil so that justice of all Malaysians will not be trampled upon. Zorro is the second in command to all the bloggers out there. The war for truth and justice has started and it now for Zorro to take up the cudgel and lead this war. Tok Guru Nik Aziz will be similarly fighting and leading the war for truth and justice on the spiritual front.
tahan sahaja pengkhianat agama bangsa dan negara ni. Cakap sekarang seolah-olah seorang ulama'. Selepas memecahbelahkan antara melayu kini rpk cuba untuk menyesatkan umat islam pula. Kepada orang PKR, selain daripada Ustaz 'Bapak Setan' Badrul Amin PKR, RPK adalah ulama' muktabar PKR. Untuk PAS TGHH dan TGNA sudah jadi watak kodi, yang diagung2kan RPK dan DSAI. DAP... gelak sakan dan tepuk tangan, tak lama lagi DAP tanpa PR akan memerintah Malaysia sebab semua parti melayu dah gagal.
Sokong RPK ditahan, beliau biadap, kurang hajar dan menulis tanpa memikirkan apa kesan daripada tulisan beliau. Sumber-sumber RPK memesongkan fakta, fitnah dan menganggu kelancaran perjalanan mahkamah. RPK ikut sedap mulut sahaja tuduh orang itu ini, beliau berselindung disebalik bankrupsi. ISA memang wajar untuk RPK, untuk sesiapa yang mencadangkan RPK dibawa kemahkamah, tiada guna dengan Polis pun dia cakap no comment je memanjang, tidak hormat langsung. Inikan pula mahkamah. Orang PKR, penyokong setia Anwar, aku sedia untuk menerima kutukan korang. Tapi ingat, fakta-fakta mengenai Islam termasuk arahan tutup aurat, sirah nabi, sirah khulafa' ar-rasyidin semuanya sudah diputarbelitkan oleh RPK. ISA wajar dikenakan. Langkah yang bijak oleh kerajaan!!!
Lagi satu, RPK juga telah menulis artikel mengajak orang Melayu PR bermandi darah memperthnkan orang bukan melayu PR, untuk menentang siapa???? untuk melawan Melayu UMNO. Ini hasutan untuk perang saudara! Quoted from malaysia-today.....
"This is all Malaysians ask from Anwar and nothing more than that. Guard against anything untoward happening. Only when the coast is clear should you make your move. There should be no bloodshed and loss of life. And ask the Malays in the opposition to come out in defence of their non-Malay brothers and sisters and warn the Umno Malays, in no uncertain terms, that they take to the streets at the risk of facing fellow Malays from the opposition who will defend their non-Malay brethren to the last drop of their blood. I, for one, am ready to stand by my Chinese and Indian comrades. So let Umno be warned."
jangan tak accept pula, penat aku tulis ni!!!
Pete, don't get too comfy in there.
Anwar Ibrahim and the new Pakatan Rakyat Federal Government is coming to get you soon!
Badawi, you Badua! You've just shot yourself in the foot...again!
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