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Bruce http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/ap/2006/10/20/asia/AS_G EN_Malaysia_Islamists_Released.php Malaysia frees six more Islamic activists with alleged terror ties The Associated Press FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006 <http://ad.fr.doubleclick.net/jump/asia.iht.com;cat=index;sz=336x280;ord=123 456789?> KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysian authorities have freed six more Islamic activists who were being held without charge or trial for alleged links to regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah, a news report said Friday. The release brings to 17 the total number of suspected extremists freed this week from detention under the Internal Security Act, national news agency Bernama said. The ISA is a colonial-era law that allows indefinite detention with no legal rights. Officials at the Internal Security Ministry could not be immediately contacted for comment. Bernama quoted Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharum as saying that the six were released on the orders of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi because the government no longer deemed them a "threat to national security." Jemaah Islamiyah is widely blamed for a string of terror attacks in the region, most notably the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mostly Western tourists. Hundreds of people were arrested in a sweep against Jemaah Islamiyah and the Kumpulan Militan Malaysia, an affiliated organization, starting 2001. The crackdown intensified after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States. The arrests broke the back of KMM and established the Malaysian government as a firm U.S. ally in the war against terror. On Wednesday, 11 people were released including the Nik Adli Nik Aziz, a son of the spiritual leader of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party. A majority of those arrested under ISA, including Nik Adli, were held in the Kamunting prison camp in northern Perak state. It is not clear how many suspected militants are currently being held in Kamunting. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, other opposition groups and activists have asked the government to repeal the ISA, which they say is widely abused. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
