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ISA arrest – Time for Barisan National to go!
Malaysian Socialist Party Press Statement - December 13, 2007
We are not surprised with the arrest of Uthayakumar and 4 others M Manoharan, R Kenghadharan, V Ganabatirau and T Vasanthakumaunder under the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA). The BN media and its propaganda have been drumming the ISA beat for some time and we were sure that it was just a matter of time.
Badawi is no different than all the previous Prime Minister of Malaysia. They always resort to the ISA when they cannot handle a political storm and when they know the people are not with them. Today, the BN Government has done it again.
The iron rule of ISA has been the de-facto emergency in Malaysia since the 1948 emergency was lifted in 1960 and a day after that, the ISA was enacted. We are not interested to make long statement condemning the ISA as everything about the ISA and its draconian nature has been emphasized and said before.
It is time for the Barisan Nasional government to go. PSM will not be cowed by this continued cowardice rule of the BN. We would continue to build a movement with people orientated groups, civil society movement and political parties to work for the defeat of BN. Only a defeat of BN can ensure a defeat of the ISA which has been ruling our lives for the last six decades.
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