Raja Petra vows to die in silence if re-arrested

Rebel blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has vowed to die in silence as a sign of protest if he is re-arrested on what many believe are politically motivated grounds. His pledge came as a court was due to rule whether he is to return to prison under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA),

Raja Petra, who has risen to prominence as a pro-opposition blogger, was arrested on 12 September after accusations lodged by several religious groups who claim that he offended Islam in an article published on 8 August.

He was released on 7 November last year but the government has appealed the court decision and a verdict is expected on Tuesday (today –ed.).

“I shall no longer open my mouth or utter one word during my detention. I shall maintain the silence of a mute person. I shall not sign any documents of the so many documents that they make you sign when under detention," he said.

"My signature is not going to be placed on a single shred of paper,” he wrote in his blog, ‘Malaysia Today’ acknowledging that the move could have dire consequences.

”I shall refuse all medical treatment and visits to the hospital. I shall refuse to accept any food and water supplied by the authorities.

"I shall refuse to leave my cell or to meet any of the prison authorities. In short, I shall shut myself out from the world and keep to my own world of my eight feet square cell.

“This action will mean I shall survive at the most seven to eight days,” he added.

Raja Petra blamed deputy prime minister Najib Razak for his arrest and for what he calls his political persecution.

Najib has been among Raja Petra’s main targets in his blog.

In his most controversial article “Let’s Send Altantuya’s Murderers to Hell”, published on 25 April, Raja Petra said that Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, were involved in the killing of Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Translator and former model, the Mongolia-born Shaariibuu, 28, was shot twice in the head, and her body was blown up with explosives, in a jungle outside Kuala Lumpur in October, 2006.

“I am totally sure that Najib (Razak) is involved. And at the very least, he should be investigated,” Raja Petra told Adnkronos International (AKI).

““I am aware that I have raised the stakes with this article and I am prepared to go all the way,” he added.

Najib has denied any involvement in the case and has sworn at a mosque that he never met Shaariibuu. He has also denied any involvement in the arrest of Raja Petra.

The ISA was inherited by Malaysia after it gained independence from Britain in 1957. In essence, it allows for the arrest of any person without the need for trial in certain circumstances. – AKI via DSAI

Bot Yazid: Semua orang tidak mahu ketinggalan termasuk Malaysiakini

Tumpuan laporan media alternatif hari ini kepada respon Syed Hamid, Menteri Dalam Negeri, berkaitan pendedahan Harian Singapura The Straits Times bahawa lebih 10 anggota kumpulan radikal yang dikaitkan dengan peristiwa 911 telah dibebaskan dari Kem Tahanan Kamunting.

Portal berita terkemuka Malaysiakini hari ini (Dec 10, 08 4:01pm) juga tidak mahu ketinggalan ‘bot Yazid’ melaporkan bahawa:

Lebih 10 anggota kumpulan radikal yang dikaitkan dengan Jemaah Islamiah (JI) termasuk Yazid Sufaat - didakwa terlibat dalam peristiwa 11 September - dibebaskan daripada kurungan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) di kem Kamunting.

Nama Yazid muncul sewaktu perbicaraan Zacarias Moussaoui, warga Perancis yang didapati bersalah berkonspirasi dalam pengeboman Pusat Dagangan Dunia (WTC) di New York pada 2001.

Harian Singapura The Straits Times hari ini dilaporkan memetik seorang pegawai Malaysia yang menyatakan anggota-anggota jaringan JI di kem Kamunting warga Indonesia dan Filipina turut dibebaskan sejak sebulan lepas.

Mereka dibebaskan selepas didapati tidak lagi menimbulkan ancaman keselamatan, laporan itu dipetik.

Pegawai kanan itu berkata mereka yang dibebaskan itu telah insaf selepas menjalani pemulihan di kem di Taiping itu.

Yazid, yang ditahan pada Disember tujuh tahun lepas, telah menunjukkan "peningkatan besar", kata pegawai itu lagi tanpa mengulas lanjut.

Bekas kapten tentera berusia 43 tahun itu antara radikal yang paling popular dikaitkan dengan JI dan serangan dua menara di Amerika Syarikat itu.

Suspek anggota-anggota JI negara ini, Indonesia dan Filipina yang ditahan ISA dikaitkan dengan beberapa serangan bom di republik itu dan perjuangan gerila Islam di Mindanao.

Sementara itu Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar hanya menyebut enam tahanan ISA, termasuk Yazid dan dua anggota JI dibebaskan baru-baru ini, lapor Bernama.

Katanya, lima orang dibebaskan 4 Disember lepas iaitu dua warga Thailand yang dituduh anggota kumpulan pemisah dan tiga rakyat Malaysia termasuk seorang anggota JI.

Yazid dibebaskan bulan lepas, kata Syed Hamid.

"Kerajaan bersikap, kalau tahanan tidak menjadi ancaman kepada masyarakat, dia akan dibebaskan selepas dipulihkan dan seterusnya boleh dikembalikan kepada masyarakat," katanya di lobi Parlimen.

Menurut agensi berita itu lagi, Syed Hamid berkata sejak beliau memegang Kementerian Dalam Negeri, jumlah 75 tahanan akta kontroversi itu sudah menurun kepada 46 orang.

Katanya, daripada jumlah tersebut, 16 anggota kumpulan militan JI, 13 orang dari kumpulan Darul Islam, 10 orang kerana terlibat dalam pemalsuan dokumen kad pengenalan dan pasport, lima pemimpin Barisan Bertindak Hak-hak Hindu (Hindraf) dan dua individu yang bekerja dengan agensi perisikan asing. –Malaysiakini - Dec 10, 08 4:01pm MYT

Faktanya, jangan lupa, 10 penyerang Mumbai@BomBay menggunakan ‘bot’ untuk ke sasaran yang telah dikenalpastikan oleh 8 ‘reconnaissancers’... [setakat itu saja]