PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Thirteen Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees, including three Hindraf leaders P. Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan and K. Vasantha will be released within the next few days, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said.The others are Zulkepli Marzuki, Jeknal Adil and Admi Pindatun; two Indonesian nationals Zainun Rasyid and Aboud Ghafar Shahril, and five Filipinos Sufian Salih, Hasim Talib, Abdul Jamal Azahari, Yusof Mohd Salam and Husin Alih.
"They will be released within the next two or three days as soon as the documentation process is completed.
"For the foreign nationals, they will be freed after we have sorted out the repatriation process with Manila and Jakarta," he said.
Manoharan last week threatened to quit his seat which he won in the last election despite being held in the Kamunting Detention Centre.The five Hindraf leaders were detained in December 2007 after mounting a massive street protest on Nov 25 which saw tens of thousands of Indians taking to the streets in Kuala Lumpur.
In an immediate reaction to the announcement, PKR’s Kapar MP S. Manickavasagam said he is happy with the decision.“I feel that what had happened in Perak has placed the BN government in bad light so this is the right time for them to make the announcement. However I hope that the release of the Hindraf leaders would be an unconditional one,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
Courtesy: Malaysian Insider
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