Update at 11.43pm: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is now giving a press conference.
Sin Chew journalist Tan Hoon Cheng has been detained in Penang. She is the journalist who reported on the Ahmad Ismail statements.
She has been detained under the ISA and is likely to be held at the Penang police headquarters.
The Chief Minister’s political secretary is believed to have met the CPO of Penang. Among prominent figures who turned up at the police station were Toh Kin Woon, Teng Hock Nan, Chia Kwang Chye and Jeff Ooi.
About 40 reporters and others gathered along Dickens Street off Penang Road earlier.
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Koh tsu koon if you thought tearing your photo was bad nah another slap …
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Information has been confirmed. Please do check Malaysiakini. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s political secretary Ng Wei Aik confirmed the arrest of Tan under the ISA. Ms Tan was arrested under Internal Security Act Section 73 (1)
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If Gerakan & MCA still remain in BN after this, then they have proven that they are useless and irrelevant any longer even though Koh Tsu Koon keeps denying they are blind “yes men”.
Show UMNO that you have a spine. Get out now. If you don’t believe in Pakatan, then become a third force. They have torn your photos….
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… Shame on you BeeNd. Shame on Gerakan & MCA for being powerless and useless…
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Teresa Kok the latest ISA detainee! WHAT HAPPEN TO THIS COUNTRY??
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The arrest of Sin Chew reporter Ms. Tan under ISA is without any basis and merely to appease the racist elements in Umno unhappy with Ahmad Ismail’s wrist slap.
But racism is a zero sum game. … Not that the Chinese will take any unwise action but it will drive a wedge further between the govt and the Chinese community.
This will put further pressure on Gerakan and MCA to pull out of BN. If they stay put, they will sever their last linkage with the Chinese community.
Let’s hope Gerakan pull out of BN over this ISA crackdown …
Will this also cause conscientious BN MPs to make Sept 16 a reality? Or will we remain trapped in the racial politics of Umno and contemplate wishfully at our lost future?
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PPL stay calm ! Dont get caught by BN-UMNO … tactic. WE (SUPPORT) THROUGH PR !!!!………
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Stay calm everyone, we have got our leaders to lead. The BN is up to something to deter the 916. Be steady. Do not get stirred by their agendas.
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The arrest of an innocent journalist under ISA bears a truly remarkable nonsensical logic! …
Even those who merely did their job honestly as journalists and the newspapers that they work for are not spared. All the journalist did was to do her job conscientiously and do what a reporter should do i.e. report on what Ahmad Ismail had said.
Ahmad Ismail is the worst offender in the whole racial slur episode. …
All the journalist did was to report on what Ahmad Ismail had said. Yet her crime was more severe…
What is more amazing is – what she had reported was confirmed to be the truth! This was confirmed by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia in a highly televised reprimand of Ahmad Ismail throughout the country recently. In spite of the truth, the journalist was arrested.
I’ll bet this perverse nonsense will be blown up to be a big affair locally and internationally. There’s no way the journalism fratenity the world over will allow the incarceration of an innocent journalist to pass!
I believe politically this will be the last straw that will break the camel’s back! If MCA, Gerakan, MIC or any BN component party can accept this perverse logic of UMNO, it is better for them to…
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UMNO-BN is blind with terror at the prospect of losing power. That explains why their action defies logic. Malaysians of all races are watching in disbelief at the desperation of UMNO-BN . Are we watching the death throes of a drowning regime?
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Why were all the UMNO/BN folks who made the racist comments not detained??? And the reporter who reports out the comments made in public got detained??? And of course she reported the truth, else the DPM won’t apologize and Ahmad won’t get sacked!!!!
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My family’s prayers go out for Ms Tan and her family, that they will remain strong and not fear. It is darkest before the dawn..let’s pray for the light to come soon.
Anil, thanks for posting the updates on her situation. While we cannot be with her physically, it really helps to know and be with her in solidarity of spirit.
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The … got scared
….. at the shadows
Louder as the days go by
Knowing not what are out there
The eyes blinking
The scary shadows ride
The empty train
The … got scared
Howling loud and clear
Calling for assistance
Calling for backup squads
There is nothing left
What must we do now?
The … bones disappearing
Slowly in the minds
There is nothing left to fight
The … got scared
Whining in the dark alleys
Biting the innocents going by
Knowing not what are out there
The … got scared
Using its sharp teeth snarling angrily
In the dark shadows
Things aren’t the same any more
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If it could happen to her, it could happen to anyone of us as long as we are NOT are their side…
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UMNO has destroyed whatever is left of people’s support for MCA and GERAKAN. They have no choice but to join PR on 916. For the simple reason that their supporters have shifted to PR. You have to go after your supporters. The alternative is to stay behind and swallow your pride, stay behind and be stepped on by BIG BROTHER UMNO every time. Remember, UMNO did not have the respect to even inform you before arresting TAN HOON CHENG. OKT and KSK were left looking stupid.
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