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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(Are they) trying to make a Police State out of Malaysia in order to hold on to power???
(Are they) so scared of RPK that they have to place him under ISA arrest? …. to avoid more revelations … if he is taken to court under the sedition charges???
Come the new Dawn of Malaysia that Justice must now be done …
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I don’t believe this. First RPK, now Ms Tan who merely did her job reporting an event. Why is the govt. ‘shooting’ the messenger instead of the perpetrator?
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The silencer is on with the used of ISA. Disgusting tactic again to flush away any resistance that is encountered.
Are we moving backwards still, malaysians?
The whole BN should be derooted off the land of multiraciality.
Bring on DSAI…….we are ready now.
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Why didn’t they arrest the “source”?
Why “shoot” the messenger instead?
This is a sure sign that 916 is really gonna happen.
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If this is indeed an arrest, then there is no words that can describe the kind of despicable act … very low standards i must say….
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The govt has gone crazy.
Is this the govt that is supposed to protect its people?
Clearly, the BN govt is unable to do that.
Instead, it is desperate to hang on to power.
And desperate situation calls for desperate measure.
Hence, the crazy abuse of power which defies logic;
acting against the very people it is supposed to protect.
The end is indeed near!
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susan loone ask this:
All of us are made to pay for UMNO’s internal crisis. Looks like the leadership transition is not so clear cut anymore with Najib Tun Razak saying that it should be left to delegates. What a flip flop!
We might see Najib as the next PM even before 2010. Still want to debate on the ‘morality and immorality’ of cross overs?
Or do you still want to debate whether we should have the ISA or not?
We can probably do that in Kamunting Detention Camp. Because if UMNO is permitted to carry on for another few years, we may as well rename Malaysia – Kamunting.
With the culture of fear permeating, the whole country is on its way to being a detention camp!
Which is why, we should never wish the ISA on anyone!
Now, I seriously have to rethink my opinion on the cross-over….
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What is happening here ?
I’m utterly disgusted with the ways this country is run.
Come on ! Do the honourable thing !
Bring them to court if you have the proofs.
Otherwise, get lost !
Shame on you, BN !
UMNO-BN brings shame to Malaysia.
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I think condemning is not enough. It cannot work anymore. I hope the Pakatan politicians can make their moves fast to stop this misuse of power.
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They are just wanting the rakyat to take to the streets to protest so that they can carry out mass crackdown. Same old dirty trick!
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Gerakan and MCA is ***. Are they Chinese? We all shame with them……
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She’s detained under the ISA, i got this news from MT.
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i sure hope that B eNd government toppled as soon as possible.
they are making the rakyat really ANGRY with all this nonsense..
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Where is that ardent UMNO supporter and ant-Anwar Ktemoc now?
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arrest, arrest, arrest, so that those b****** at the top can carry on draining the country, that is their ulterior motive!
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Will God bless Malaysia?
Will God be with the journalist who standby the truth and write accordingly?
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Dear Anil…
YOU are in the position to get people to appeal to the UNITEd nation chapter of human rights…
UN intervention is needed now if the UMNO govt has turned into a dictator and Junta combined in one.
The reporters have not committed anything against the country… they were asked to report facts by none other than Badawai himself, why is she arrested.?
I can understand rpk arrest BUT not the reporters….
PLEASE CALL UP THE UNITED NATION before all the rest of us too gets arrested….
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So, is there anyone out there still questioning the morality of crossover to form a new Pakatan goverment after all these evil nonsense act of BN?
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eh, why they arrest the reporter instead of the culprit? this is so stupid and clearly shows how biased the government is…reminds me of Gobalakrishnan who blew the whistle on the phantom voters but he was arrested instead… so ppl next time if u think of reporting a crime, better not lest u be arrested and the criminal walks free…DSAI, we desperately need u…
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what she reported is true event and the ahmad was punished by the supreme counsils. then the reporter who reported the true was caught under isa. welcome to malaysia where the true cannot be prevail.. we only can keep quiet and let the scoudrels do all the bad things. where is the justice. Believe in 916
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If she did nothing wrong but just reporting the truth, will this be considerred wrong? What is happening now? What is betul and what is salah?
My heart is pain to see this…since it happen on the land where we stay….
The reporter Ms. Tan is my junior when i was in my secondary school..good reputation….
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The journalist, as reported by Malaysiakini is now detained under ISA. Haih. What a setback to democracy in Malaysia.
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916 pls make it happen!!!
this …government should be grilled…!!!
i would like to see if MCA, greakan & other component parties have the b— to make a stand against this brutality!!!
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It is disappointing that government had choose ISA ahead of other legal means. Not long ago, PM had stated that media should report the truth without fear and favor. Now, this is the price when truth is reported.
How can the culprit could get away with mere party membership suspenship and yet the reporter subjected to ISA detention? Where is justice? What could we expect from this government which has no credibility at all?
Looks like the government is willing to take any measures in order to stay in the power.
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Let’s wait for confirmation, but this is getting increasingly worrisome. If she is neede for the investigation there are other ways to gather that info from her. I am sure she would give her fullerst cooperation if they turned up at her office tomorrow.
This reeks of intimidation but better wait for confirmation….
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