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MEDIA
STATEMENT -
30/4/2005 Romita, wife and mother, faints at SUHAKAM-
Family
starts signature petition for Family Re-Unification- Free Abdul Mutalib, Re-Unite the Family&
Let Them ALL Remain in Malaysia At about 3.30pm, 29/4/2005, at the
SUHAKAM (Human Rights Commission) office, Romita Hasibuan, the mother of Maruly Aziz Bin Abd Mutalib(12+ tahun),
Sarah Nor Varah Hanim Binti Abd Mutalib (11+tahun), Yonatan Adam Fauzi Bin Abd
Mutalib (9+tahun) dan Ismael Syah Putra (6 + tahun) and the wife of Abd Mutalib Bin Taib fainted and
collapsed. She and the family have been
desperately going to SUHAKAM every day since the handing over of the Memorandum
of Appeal on 27/4/2005. Abdul Mutalib, her husband was arrested on 23-3-2005 and
has been detained at the KLIA Immigration Depot. Romita has been struggling for their
family to be re-united and for them all to be able to continue to live in
Malaysia as a family unit as they have done since marriage and the birth of all
their children. There is now a possibility that their father, Abd Mutalib
may be deported back to Indonesia after his Permanent Resident status has been
revoked, and this would mean that Romita too, who is here in Malaysia by virtue
of a spouse visa, due to expire in September 2005, may also have to leave Malaysia. All
their children are Malaysian citizens and this is also evidenced by their Birth
Certificates and/or the Malaysian passports issued to all 4 of them in
2003. Earlier, Romita Hasibuan had
heard that her husband had been removed from the KLIA Immigration Depot, and she
was worried that he may have be deported. This could been a factor that brought
about her collapse at SUHAKAM. At about 4.00pm (29/4/2005), Mr Roland Engan of Messrs Charles Hector & Co did call the Immigration Department, and spoke to the Secretary of Datok Ishak, the Ketua Pengarah Penguatkuasaan Immigresen (Chief Director of Immigration Enforcement), who was not able to say whether there has been any pre-mature deportation or not. It must be stated that SINCE THE
LAST DAY OF APPEAL WOULD BE 29/4/2005, NO DEPORTATION CAN BE DONE UNTIL AFTER
THAT PERIOD SO WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS AND CAN BE NO DEPORTATION ON
29/4/2005. Further more, since the appeal to
the relevant Minister was sent on 27/4/2005. On 28/4/2005, we, as the lawyer for
Abd Mutalib and his family, also did send a letter of appeal to the Director
General of Immigration, to be forwarded to the Minister, In our letter, we also
asked for the grounds/reasons of the Orders to be provided, for without that an
effective and/or proper appeal is near impossible. We must state that to date we
have not received any response from the Home Minister and/or the DG of
Immigration. Given the fact that there is TWO(2)
appeals already submitted, we believe that the appeals will first have to be
heard and considered before any order to Deport or otherwise will be
made. The decision
of the appeals will have to be communicated before Abd Mutalib can be deported.
We have also heard that the Home
Minister is presently out of the country, and will return soon. We and our
clients hope that the Minister of Home Affairs will be compassionate to the
plight of this family, who is now struggling to keep their family together and
to continue their lives in Malaysia as they have always
done. The family would also like to
announce that they have initiated a public signature campaign in
an effort to keep their family together in Malaysia. The petition, in its last
paragraph reads � We, the
undersigned hereby appeal that this family be re-united, and be allowed to
remain in Malaysia as a family unit, as they have done since marriage and the
birth of all their children. We also urge the Malaysian authorities not to
separate children from father, wife from husband, children from mother and/or
siblings from siblings and to do all necessary to re-unite this family�.
The
family also hopes that SUHAKAM, the Bar Council and all other concerned persons
would help them in this plight to keep their family together and for
justice. Free Abdul Mutalib. Restore and
recognize his PR status, and his children�s citizenship and allow this simple
loving family to continue to leave peacefully in Malaysia as they have done all these years
from the date of marriage and the birth of all 4 children. Charles HectorMessrs Charles Hector & Co,
Tel: 79581844 No. 38, Jalan 5/4G,
(Charles Hector or Roland Engan) 46000 Petaling
Jaya, Selangor Darul
Ehsan (as the lawyer for Abd Mutalib Bin
Taib , Maruly Aziz Bin Abd Mutalib(12+ tahun), Sarah Nor Varah Hanim Binti Abd
Mutalib (11+tahun), Yonatan Adam Fauzi Bin Abd Mutalib (9+tahun) dan Ismael Syah
Putra (6 + tahun) dan Romita Hasibuan) 30 April
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