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• Refugee Deal Ignores Malaysia’s Record
• Jawapan Kepada Isu Penyingkiran Datin Sabariah Ahmad, Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) ...
• Malaysia: Delays of Habeas Corpus Hearing Unjust To 6 PSM Members
• Bersih 3.0
• Jaguh Reban
• Stagflation – Beware!
• Jaundiced Justice!

Refugee Deal Ignores Malaysia’s Record Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:31 PM PDT According to the Malaysian Human Rights Commission, 1,300 "foreigners" died in detention over a six-year period due to lack of medical treatment and neglect. By Eric Paulsen (co-founder of Lawyers for Liberty, a human rights and law reform organization based in Malaysia) In May, Australia and Malaysia announced an agreement to transfer up to 800 asylum seekers in Australia to Malaysia while their asylum claims are processed by the United Nations' refugee agency, the UNHCR. The announcement declared, among others, that the "transferees will not receive any preferential treatment over asylum seekers already in Malaysia." In return, Australia will resettle 4,000 refugees currently residing in Malaysia over a period of four years. While Australia's agreement to accept more refugees for resettlement is commendable, the plan to illegally and forcefully deport asylum seekers and "outsource" its international human rights obligations to a country like Malaysia is shocking and irresponsible to say the least. Let there be no doubt: Malaysia has a horrendous track record — infamous for its brutal treatment of refugees and other undocumented migrants and consistently ranked as one of the world's worst places to be a refugee. Registration with the UNHCR only affords them a small measure of protection as the Malaysian government does not generally recognize refugees but instead treats them like any other "illegal" migrant present in the country. They are thus subjected to the same harsh immigration laws and policies that include arrest, detention, prosecution, fine, jail, whipping and deportation. Malaysia is not a state party to the 1951 Refugee Convention (to which 144 countries have signed up, including Australia) and in the absence of a national legal and administrative framework for the protection of refugees, this transfer deal will certainly violate the rights of the refugees, including the right not to be forcefully deported; the right to life, liberty and security of the person; and the right to freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Without government documentation, refugees in Malaysia are unable to work legally and live in perpetual fear of raids, arrest, harassment and extortion by the police, RELA (the Home Ministry's civil volunteer corps) and the immigration authorities. Consequently, they live in the margins of society, working "illegally" when they can find work, constantly in hiding, living in poverty with no access to social services including health care and education for their children. They have to scrape together whatever they can find, living day-to-day in order to feed, clothe and shelter themselves and their families. When arrested, irrespective of whether they are men, women or children, they will be taken away from their families and friends and detained at Malaysia's infamous detention centers for several months, sometimes even years, before being charged, jailed, whipped (men only) and deported, mainly to the Thai border. The abuse doesn't stop there as the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee found in a report several years ago — because some of the deportees are then sold at the border into slavery to human traffickers. Typically, immigration detention conditions are deplorable and inhumane. Those detained face severe overcrowding, sweltering heat, no bedding, poor hygiene and sanitation, insufficient and poor quality food, and irregular access to clean water and medical treatment. The conditions fall far short of minimum international standards for places of detention. Serious abuse by detention center staff is also common, including arbitrary beatings. Poor detention conditions have led to serious illness and in some instances, death. In May 2009, two Burmese detainees died in a detention center due to leptospirosis, an infectious disease caused by water or food contaminated with animal urine. In September 2009, another six Burmese detainees in another center died of the same disease. These should not be read as isolated incidents as detention death is an everyday reality. According to the Malaysian Human Rights Commission, 1,300 "foreigners" died in detention over a six-year period due to lack of medical treatment and neglect. Despite overwhelming criticism from Australian and Malaysian civil society groups, and international agencies like the OHCHR, the UN's human rights agency, and Human Rights Watch, current discussions on the viability of the refugee swap deal or the deal breaker seem to revolve around whether the UNHCR will sign off on the deal. Although UNHCR involvement would certainly be important and preferable to noninvolvement, the view that the deal stands or falls with the UNHCR is very narrow and seems to overestimate that agency's influence on the Malaysian government. The UNHCR's presence in Malaysia is not based on any legally binding agreement with the Malaysian government. Instead, it works on the basis of arbitrary "general understandings" with government ministries and law enforcement agencies. And since it does not appear to be in the cards there will be any comprehensive and groundbreaking reforms in Malaysia's immigration laws and policies, the international community should not overestimate what the UNHCR can do there. In certain circumstances, refugees in Malaysia with UNHCR documents may be released from police arrest due to better document recognition. They may also be exempted from prosecution for immigration offenses. But intervention remains difficult in detention centers as the UNHCR must obtain release letters from the various authorities, and that can take months or years. Refugees are real people with real needs. They should not be treated like a political football to be kicked around from Nauru, Christmas Island, Papua New Guinea and now to Malaysia in order to obtain a perceived political advantage. Australia should look into its international and national human rights obligations on how best to treat refugees with dignity and respect while at the same time deal with human trafficking.

Jawapan Kepada Isu Penyingkiran Datin Sabariah Ahmad, Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) ... Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:21 AM PDT Oleh Yayasan Selangor   1.  Isu yang disiarkan oleh Malaysia Today pada 22 Julai 2011 berkenaan PENYINGKIRAN TIMBALAN PENGURUS BESAR (PENDIDIKAN) YAYASAN SELANGOR adalah isu lama yang sedang dalam proses penyiasatan di Jabatan Perhubungan Perusahaan Negeri Selangor.   2.  Penyiaran kisah ini bolehlah dianggap sebagai usaha beliau atau pihak-pihak yang menyokong beliau untuk meraih simpati dan berniat jahat dengan memberikan gambaran buruk terhadap pengurusan Yayasan Selangor.   3.  Beliau sebenarnya "bernasib baik" kerana diterima bekerja di Yayasan Selangor sejak tahun 1998 dan "survive" walaupun Laporan Siasatan Audit Dalam Yayasan Selangor yang bertarikh 18 Mei 1999 dengan jelas mengesyorkan supaya perkhidmatan beliau ditamatkan.   4.  Ini kerana penemuan audit itu mendapati bahawa beliau telah memalsukan nama jawatan dan gaji akhir beliau semasa bekerja di Rangkaian Hotel Seri Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., iaitu kononnya beliau bertugas sebagai akuantan dengan gaji sebanyak RM5,500.00 sebulan, sedangkan pihak pengurusan hotel itu mengesahkan bahawa beliau hanyalah seorang Pegawai Akaun dengan gaji sebanyak RM3,500.00.   5.  Hal ini mendorong pihak pengurusan Yayasan Selangor pada tahun 1998 menawarkannya jawatan tetap selaku Pengurus Kewangan dan Pentadbiran Gred N1 (setara dengan Gred 54 kini) dengan gaji sebanyak RM5,859.00.   6.  Laporan Audit Dalam itu "lenyap" begitu sahaja apabila beliau berkahwin dengan Dato' Zolkarnain Abd. Rahman, Pengurus Besar Yayasan Selangor yang menyandang jawatan itu pada tahun 1999 hingga 2001.   7.  Seperti staf yang lain, beliau dinilai mengikut prestasi semasa dan beberapa kali ditukarkan ke jawatan lain atas keperluan organisasi.   8.  Beliau telah dinaikkan pangkat ke jawatan Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) pada 1 Ogos 2010 melalui surat bertarikh 12 Julai 2010 rujukan no. (91)dlm.YS/SM/03/037 dengan Gred Utama C (VU7).   9.  Perlantikan itu dengan jelas menyebut perkara 2.8 Pengesahan Jawatan dan Tempoh Percubaan yang berbunyi: "Pengesahan jawatan puan adalah tertakluk kepada prestasi kerja puan di sepanjang tempoh percubaan iaitu selama enam (6) bulan. Puan boleh dikembalikan ke jawatan asal oleh Yayasan Selangor dengan gred dan tanggagaji yang asal sekiranya prestasi kerja puan dalam tempoh tersebut tidak memuaskan."   10.  En. Ilham Marzuki selaku Pengurus Besar Yayasan Selangor mendapati prestasi Datin Sabariah Ahmad selaku Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) adalah tidak memuaskan, dan pada 10 November 2010, Pengurus Besar telah memaklumkan hal ini kepada YAB Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, Menteri Besar Selangor yang juga merupakan Pengerusi Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Yayasan Selangor.   11.  Beliau turut memaklumkan bahawa Datin Sabariah Ahmad telah dikembalikan ke jawatan asalnya selaku Pengurus Kanan Hal Ehwal Pelajar (mulai 1 November 2010), iaitu jawatan yang disandangnya mulai 3 Mei 2010 (sehingga dilantik sebagai Pemangku Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) pada 1 Julai 2010 dan seteruskan dinaikkan sebagai Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan).   12.  Oleh sebab beliau membuat aduan kepada Dato' Menteri Besar Selangor yang kononnya beliau dianiaya dan arahan supaya beliau diletakkan semula (reinstated) ke jawatan asalnya, maka pada 3 Disember 2010, beliau telah dikembalikan ke jawatan Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan).   13.  Pada 8 Disember 2010, semua gaji dan elaun tertunggak telah dibayar kepada beliau. Ini bermakna beliau telah menerima hak beliau sebagaimana yang dikehendaki.   14.  Mengikut laporan Bahagian Sumber Manusia, beliau tidak hadir ke pejabat pada 1 - 3 Disember 2010, tetapi pihak Sumber Manusia ketika itu tidak mengambil apa-apa tindakan, walaupun Skim Perkhidmatan Yayasan Selangor menyatakan bahawa sesiapa yang tidak hadir 2 hari berturut-turut menurut fasal 4.6.1: "... seseorang kakitangan yang tidak hadir bertugas selama 2 hari berturut-turut tanpa mendapat cuti yang sah atau tanpa kebenaran terlebih dahulu daripada ketua bahagian atau tanpa sebab-sebab yang munasabah adalah satu kesalahan dan disifatkan telah menamatkan perkhidmatannya secara sukarela dengan Yayasan Selangor."   15.  Beliau kemudian mendapat cuti sakit secara bersambung-sambung pada 4 hingga 17 Disember 2010.   16.  Sayugia dicatatkan bahawa sepanjang tahun 2008, beliau pernah mengambil cuti sakit (klinik biasa) selama 63 hari dan cuti sakit kerana dimasukkan ke hospital selama 150 hari.   17.  Manakala pada tahun 2009, beliau telah mengambil cuti sakit (klinik biasa) sebanyak 22 hari dan cuti sakit kerana dimasukkan ke hospital sebanyak 60 hari.   18.  Beliau sebenarnya sekali lagi bernasib baik kerana Bahagian Sumber Manusia ketika itu patut merujuk kes kesihatan beliau kepada Panel Perubatan untuk diberi pertimbangan khas.   19.  Berdasarkan perkara 12 dan 13 di atas, kes beliau sepatutnya sudah selesai dan tiada lagi kes berbangkit.   20.  Bagaimanapun, pada 21 Disember 2010, beliau telah menulis surat yang kononnya beliau telah diberhentikan kerja secara terancang (constructive dismissal) hanya atas alasan pejabat beliau dipindahkan ke Asrama Yayasan Selangor Kuala Lumpur.   21.  Sesungguhnya perpindahan beliau ke tempat tersebut adalah supaya beliau memberikan tumpuan kepada permasalahan kemerosotan pencapaian pelajar yang merupakan sebahagian daripada tugas dan tanggungjawab beliau di Bahagian Pendidikan.   22.  En. Ilham Marzuki selaku Pengurus Besar Yayasan Selangor tidak sama sekali berniat jahat terhadap beliau kerana sepanjang perkhidmatan Datin Sabariah di bawah pengurusannya, beliau telah tiga kali dinaikkan pangkat, iaitu sebagai Pengurus Kanan pada 3 Mei 2010 dan sebagai Pemangku Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) pada 1 Julai 2010, dan seterusnya sebagai Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) pada 1 Ogos 2010.   23.  Sekiranya beliau ditempatkan di ibu pejabat di Petaling Jaya, seperti amalan sebelum ini, keberkesanan tugasan beliau tidak dapat diukur. Oleh itu, dengan keberadaan beliau di lokasi khusus pelajar, beliau sepatutnya diharapkan dapat memahami dan menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi oleh pelajar.   24.  Apa yang didakwa sebagai constructive dismissal  hanyalah "persepsi" beliau bagi menutup kelemahan prestasi beliau dan masalah cuti sakit yang berpanjangan.   25.  Perlu dingatkan bahawa jawatan sebagai Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan) yang beliau sandang itu masih dalam tempoh percubaan (1 Ogos 2010 hingga 30 Januari 2011). Adalah menjadi hak Pengurus Besar untuk menilai dan membuat keputusan mengenai prestasi beliau sebagai Timbalan Pengurus Besar (Pendidikan).   26.  Oleh kerana beliau telah membuat aduan ke Jabatan Perhubungan Perusahaan Negeri Selangor, kes beliau kini masih di peringkat awal dan tiada sebarang keputusan dicapai setakat ini. Oleh itu, adalah terlalu awal untuk membuat sebarang rumusan demi keadilan kedua-dua pihak.   27.  Yayasan Selangor bersedia mematuhi sebarang keputusan yang berasaskan undang-undang dan tidak berniat untuk berlaku tidak adil kepada beliau dan sesiapa sahaja, asalkan kepentingan majikan dan pekerja terpelihara.   28.  Adalah ditegaskan bahawa kedudukan staf sebagai sebahagian daripada pasukan pengurusan Yayasan Selangor tertakluk kepada Skim Perkhidmatan, kepentingan organisasi dan rakyat Negeri Selangor. Prestasi kakitangan sentiasa dipantau supaya kehadiran mereka berbaloi dan setimpal dengan gaji, elaun dan kemudahan yang diterima. Disediakan oleh: Bahagian Sumber Manusia Yayasan Selangor. 23 Julai 2011.

Malaysia: Delays of Habeas Corpus Hearing Unjust To 6 PSM Members Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:59 PM PDT   By FORUM-ASIA The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a membership-based regional human rights organization, expresses its disappointment over the adjournment of a habeas corpus hearing of six leading members of the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) . The Kuala Lumpur High Court postponed the hearing to 5 August 2011, after approving the application of the prosecutor for more time to file their affidavits yesterday. This postponement unjustly prolongs the deprivation of personal liberty of the six detainees on flimsy grounds. The PSM 6, including a parliamentarian, were detained on 2 July 2011 under the draconian Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance, which allows for indefinite detention without trial. They were charged for being the prime movers of a rally on July 9 organized by the Bersih, a coalition of 62 civil society organizations that called for electoral reform. On 6 July 2011, the six filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge their detention. Initially, the High Court scheduled the hearing on 12 August 2011. The lawyers of the PSM 6 succeeded in their application to the court to bring forward the hearing to 22 July 2011. We believe the postponement of the habeas corpus hearing violates the six PSM leaders' right to a fair trial, and denies them the right access to justice as well as their right to liberty. Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that "nobody shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile", yet, the Emergency Ordinance (EO) allows for indefinite detention without trial. While the application of the writ of habeas corpus is the only available legal recourse for the detainees to challenge the detention, international human rights laws require the detainees to be brought before a judge promptly, and to be entitled to a trial within a reasonable time. The PSM 6 were initially accused publicly by the police of attempting to wage war against the king. However, in the affidavits filed by the police in the habeas corpus hearing, they have been detained for only allegedly being the prime "movers" of the 9 July 2011 mass rally for electoral reform organized by Bersih 2.0. Even this allegation had been denied by the Bersih 2.0 steering committee. The inconsistency of the charges and the tactics to delay the habeas corpus hearing only reflects the bad faith on the part of the Malaysian government to prolong unnecessarily and unjustly the detention of the PSM 6. The right to freedom of assembly is enshrined in the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. The Bersih rally was held peacefully. There is absolutely no ground to continue to detain the PSM 6 for merely exercising the rights guaranteed under the Constitution, even if they are prime movers of the Bersih rally, which they are clearly not. FORUM-ASIA urges the Malaysian government to drop all charges against the PSM 6 and release them immediately and unconditionally. The PSM 6 are Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj, Sarasvathy Muthu, Choo Chon Kai, Sarat Babu, Sukumaran A/L Munisamy and Aseer Patham Letchumanan.   FORUM-ASIA

Bersih 3.0 Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:56 PM PDT By batsman  After the Bersih 2.0 rally on 9th July, some opportunities opened which could be taken up or not. What happens next depends on whether Bersih is as open-minded as it claims to be, but judging from comments made on web blogs and critics, such opportunities if left to these commenters will be abandoned on the wayside. Bersih 2.0 is on record as having invited BN and pro-BN NGOs to join it. It would be a great mistake if it now turns away those linked to UMNO or BN in some way whether directly or indirectly but have voiced sympathies for Bersih 2.0's aims and demands.  Of course there will be risks involved, but which great endeavour succeeded by avoiding all risks? Unfortunately kiahsu web blog commenters and critics have created an atmosphere of suspicion that if pandered to, will turn Bersih 2.0 into an old boys' exclusive club dreaming of past glories.  If Bersih 2.0 succeeds in winning over decent personalities and NGOs linked to UMNO or BN around its aims and demands for electoral reforms and clean elections, there is a great possibility that it will grow into Bersih 3.0, a truly non-party political coming together of decent and great people from the entire political spectrum. When this day comes, it will be a great day indeed for Malaysia.  The risks involve being pulled every which way by political parties with their own agendas, but apparently this has already happened even without the participation UMNO or BN-linked NGOs. In fact it may also be happening even now in the form of party political pressure to try and keep UMNO-linked persons or NGOs out of Bersih 2.0.  The steering committee will just have to fight harder to steer Bersih along a neutral non-party political path. People should have the confidence that the Bersih steering committee is more than capable of doing this.  Join the fight for free, fair and clean elections!

Jaguh Reban Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT By batsman  The Jaguh Reban is back. Advertisements on Bapa Transformasi milking Tun Razak's name has been shamelessly ramped up to coincide with his triumphant return. The shamelessness and cockiness of the man! But something should be said for his style. After looking like a pert schoolboy in the company of world statesmen for more than a week, he is now all bravado upon his return. His whole body language has changed from one that screams cowed strictly chaperoned henpecked husband to macho Don Juan. Oh! What the air of Malaysia does to one's demeanor.  He was even moved to turun padang in the nearby kampung. I have never liked the phrase. It implies high and mighty VIPs who deign to go "down" to the level of the people, but it was nevertheless well- orchestrated. The exercise even elicited responses like "He's the man!" from SWTs and equally enamored sighs from matronly sunburnt women. Nobody has ever said NTR does not have deadly seductive charm.  Putrajaya's Cockywood machinery has also certainly done its job. Our Jagun Reban is looking like a seductive potentially genocidal Don Juan compared to the Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde image of DSAI.  So OK – let's move on to the next round.

Stagflation – Beware! Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT   By Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam The latest release of data by the Statistics Department raises alarm bells of possible stagflation ahead. Stagflation generally implies slowing or stagnant growth and rising inflation. According to the latest statistics issued by the government's Statistics Department, the industrial production index decreased by 5.1 per cent in May this year compared to May last year. In May, both exports and imports declined month–on-month by 4.7 per cent and 0.4 per cent. These are dramatic declines and cannot be taken lightly. The economic growth rates are therefore revised downward by the Malaysian Rating Corp (MARC) from the earlier optimistic estimate of 5.3 per cent for this year to an uncertain wider range of 4-5 per cent this year! The earlier scepticism of official economic growth and inflation projections are now proving to be justified. We can now only hope that the situation will not deteriorate to a path leading to stagflation. Unfortunately the global economic outlook does not appear encouraging either. The US economy, which is the biggest economy in the world, is also foundering. Its economy grew by only 1.9 per cent in the first quarter this year and about 1.5 per cent in the second quarter and about even less than three per cent for the whole of 2011 and 2012. The current US debt crisis is staggering! In Europe the economic is as bad or even worse. With Greece, Spain and Portugal and Italy and other countries facing real economic decline and financial instability, and reinforced by the Japanese economic catastrophe, our export prospects can be adversely affected. Now the fear of rising inflation is real. The Consumer Price Index has risen by three3 per cent in the last six months and at the higher rate of 3.5 per cent in June this year compared to June last year . What is worse is that the CPI for food and non alcoholic beverages went up by 4.5 per cent for the first six months this year compared to the same period last year. This is very worrisome as we are talking about the poor and lower income groups having to pay so much more for their basic consumption of food and beverages. So how will the poor cope with these rising prices? More importantly, what hope do the poor have that the government has a well conceived plan or a sound strategy to counter this likely prospect of stagflation. I have no doubt that the government is aware of the serious social implications of low growth and high prices on the possibilities of social dissatisfaction and even some social unrest. It is thus sincerely hoped that the government will be more transparent and communicative with the public on these disruptive economic trends. The government would need to inform the public soon, that it recognises the impending dangers of weaker employment opportunities and lower standards of living. The government will also have to show that it has specific anti-stagflation strategy, to firmly address these socio-economic problems, to instil more hope and public confidence. * Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam is chairman, Centre of Public Policy Studies (CPPS).

Jaundiced Justice! Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:27 AM PDT By Martin Jalleh In the midst of a packed courtroom of members and supporters of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) many of whom wore red T-shirts, the Kuala Lumpur High Court of Justice Su Geok Yiam turned "yellow" today. Justice was compromised, as a cowed Court caved in and allowed the application by the Government, Police and Home Minister to adjourn hearing the habeas corpus applications of six PSM leaders who have been held under the Emergency Ordinance since 2 July. The detainees are Dr Michael Jeyakumar, PSM deputy chairman M. Sarasvathy, central committee members Choo Chon Kai and M. Sukumaran, Sungai Siput branch secretary A. Letchumanan and national Youth chief R. Sarat Babu. With the continued "unlawful" detention for a further two weeks, justice was further delayed again today. The urgency of determining on the detention (and freedom) of the six, did not seem to matter much to the judge during today's hearing. Justice was further denied to those unjustly detained. It was public perception that what seemed to be of greater importance to the judge was that the government was not denied the opportunity to extend the injustice! The flimsy and frivolous excuse given Senior Federal Counsel (SFC), Othman Yusof, who represented the Inspector General of Police, the Government and the Minister of Home Affairs (the Respondents) for the application for an adjournment was that they needed to respond to 15 additional affidavits filed by the six detainees. Lead counsel, Haji Sulaiman Abdullah objected to the request for the adjournment. He said that the six could not file the additional affidavits earlier because the respondents had delayed in providing the lawyers access to the detainees. "It was a situation of their very own making...The respondents would not be in a predicament to request for an adjournment, had they allowed the detainees access to their lawyers earlier." Haji Sulaiman also argued that the sole ground advanced by the respondents for the continued detention of the applicants in their earlier affidavits was that the six were detained because the police were investigating them for their role in the Bersih rally of 9 July. Since the rally is over, there are no further grounds for their continued detention. He raised the ridiculousness of the issue: "How do you justify the detention after July 9? None of the (respondents') affidavits addressed that point!" He told the court: "The respondents should not be rewarded by asking for an adjournment to put in further affidavits." Alas, the Attorney-General's Chambers has been so predictable and even pathetic in the case. A few days before the hearing, one of lawyers of the PSM 6, Edmund Bon, was even able to predict (very accurately) that the lawyers for the respondents would seek for an adjournment. "They will probably try to drag it past the 30 days so that they have more time to get the minister's order. Once the minister's order is filed we have to get a new habeas corpus application," he said, adding that this was how many EO cases were handled but go unreported because the detainees were not as prominent as the PSM 6. (An order by the Home Minister would enable a person to be detained for two years, and the order can be renewed indefinitely.) Justice Su's decision to grant an adjournment to the habeas corpus applications was met with shock, sighs of disgust that it was a "kangaroo court", exasperation, and comments about Su being so supine, and some which are not so suitable to mention here! Several lawyers who were also in the gallery and who were standing in front of me asked aloud: "How can they do it...how can they face themselves at the end of the day....how can the judiciary come up with something as ridiculous as this?" After the decision by Su to adjourn the hearing, Hj Sulaiman referred to an earlier question posed by the judge on whether they would agree to abandon the 15 additional affidavits, with a view of proceeding with the habeas corpus application. The senior counsel said that in the interest of his clients he was prepared to forego the 15 additional affidavits so that the Court could get on with hearing the habeas corpus applications for the liberty of his clients were at stake! SFC Othman objected, as a ruling has been made. A lively exchanged ensued. Justice Su proceeded to give directions on the filing of the affidavits and outline submissions. She eventually postponed the hearing of the PSM 6's habeas corpus application to 5 August. "Su-preme" injustice was done by Justice Su today! She gave in to the superficial arguments of the lawyers for the government, Inspector-General of Police and Home Minister. To postpone the hearing of the habeas corpus applications by the PSM six who have been detained under the Emergency Ordinance 1969 was the most inordinate thing to do. The countless who came to show their solidarity for their six brave comrades and patriots were no doubt disappointed but they did not despair. They were more determined. Their chant of "BEBAS-BEBAS! BEBAS PSM-6" rang loud and clear in the corridors and halls of the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

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