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The advisory board which met recently recommended to the Home Ministry that the Hindraf 5 to be kept in detention since their view have not changed.
This is expected. It is highly improbable for the 5 detainees to change their views. I don’t think bribery or coercion will work. Only option is threat, but such actions will leak out, thus defeating the purpose. So, we can foresee these guys to be in Kamunting for a longer period. Unless of course there’s a change in the government’s stand or the government itself. Or if the Minister decides otherwise.
According to Syed Hamid:
Charging someone in court will mean putting all the evidence and testimony in the open. “To avoid exposing intelligence-based information, we will detain a person under the ISA”
Well, I think in this case, there should another mechanism to verify the authenticity of the information. Currently, the discretion lies under one person. Perhaps a permanent commission should be created to evaluate each and every case to ensure there’s no misuse of power.
62 detainees are kept under ISA:
5 – Hindraf
2 – separatists from south Thailand
7 – foreign intelligence agents (!)
17 Darul Islam militants
25 Jemaah Islamiyah militants
Another 6 unknown.
Syed Hamid said Hindraf was an extremist group because it was not registered. Hmm…that’s a new definition! That means there’s plenty of extremist groups out there 🙂 While at Kamunting he met with Manoharan, Vasantha Kumar and Ganabatirau. When he suggested that their release would continue to cause public disturbance, the three did not agree.
According to the report, Syed Hamid did not meet with Uthayakumar or Kengadharan. He said the former did not mix much with anyone, while the latter was spending time with his family members who had come for a visit.
