JIM condemn ISA detentions

PRESS STATEMENT
Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia
14 September 2008
JIM CONDEMNS THE DETENTION OF POLITICIAN, JOURNALIST AND BLOGGER UNDER THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA)
Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) condemns the detention without trial of Supeteh MP and also Selangor Exco Member Teresa Kok, Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng and blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the Internal [...]

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What does she or other Malaysians think about ISA?

The mainstream media has taken to the issue of a journalist Tan Hoon Cheng being arrested under ISA like a duck to water: the write ups were meticulous as a blog; the personal angle was most sympathetic; the support for her was reported in full. Yet there is an obvious blind spot: what does [...]

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To report or not?

Next time a reporter hear some racial remarks by a politician should he/she report it in the interests of truthfulness and professionalism? Should the editor let the report see the light of the day in the interests of serving the readers with the truth, nothing but the truth? While most journalists body condemn [...]

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ISA detainee sent to Bkt Aman-fairness become casualty in power contest

Election is a civil means to allow power contests to take place in a democratic society. Yet the existence of laws which restrict freedom of speech, assembly etc is making the contest less than `civil’. The latest spades of ISA arrests shows that such unfair laws will unevitably be abused by those holding the power [...]

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Urgent: Sin Chew reporter who reported Ahmad Ismail’s racial remark arrested under ISA!

It is reliably learned the Sin Chew reporter who reported about Ahmad Ismail’s racial remark during the Permatang Pauh by-election has just been arrested under ISA and remanded at Penang’s police HQ at Penang Rd. A group of supporters are congregating there to lend support to her-including dr Toh -formerly Gerakan Exco.
It is not sure [...]

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Ahmad Ismail wants racial division of power-can he oblige others to follow?

Ahmad Ismail’s alleged racial remark at the Permatang Pauh by-election seems to be admitted in default by Ahmad himself when he reportedly said that Chinese should not be like Jews in US who want economic as well as political power. This is similar, or worse than the report by Sin Chew that `Chinese are [...]

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Towards a fact/truth based settlement on Ahmad Ismail `racist’ remark

Did Ahmad Ismail made the racial remark which was reported by Sin Chew paper? This central fact seems to be lost in the responses from various parties to the controversy. As a post-election monitoring of the Permatang Pauh by-election MAFREL call upon all parties to give factual/truth based settlement its due central place. Let’s examine [...]

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What do journalist body say about charge of unprofessionalism by Ahmad Ismail?

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Ahmad Slammed For Evading Responsibility
2008-09-06 12:29
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PENANG/BUTTERWORTH: The Penang & Seberang Perai journalists associations
issued their statements on Friday reprimanding UMNO Bukit Bendera divisional
chairman Ahmad Ismail.
The Penang Press Club slammed Ahmad for neglecting the professionalism of
journalists, and pushing the responsibility to the media after committing
the mistakes while not admitting that he had been wrong. It said such [...]

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Police report to be lodged against Penang Opposition Leader who threatened to shoot journalist (UPDATED)

At the press conference by Ahmad Ismail where he blamed the Sin Chew journalist for misreporting his alleged racial remark the Penang Opposition Leader Azhar Ibrahim, State Assembly person from Penaga publicly threatened to shoot the journalist concerned. The threat was heard and reported by numerous media-both on and off line. After the threat there [...]

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Where ear-witnesses could make a difference!

It is not uncommon for politicians to disown their own words-so did it happened at the Permatang Pauh by-election with Ahmad Ismail? Ahmad claimed that he did not make the statement or that his word was taken out of context. However against his words are the words of 3 more journalists who were there. 1 [...]

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