嚴厲遣責國陣政府引用內安法令的逮捕行動

DAP MIRI branch condemned severely the BN government for continuing to apply the Internal Security Act in the arrest of journalist Tan Hoon Cheng, DAP leader Teresa Kok and blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin.

They were arrested under the Internal Security Act 1960, article 73(1). This provision empowers the police to arrest without warrants in the case of arrest or detention or destruction which could undermine the safety of people in Malaysia.

Government, through the high-handed approach to attack the dissidents, the main objective is to maintain its corrupt regime, the more the government involves in corruption the more the government will adopt the high-handed measures. Corrupt government usually takes the national security and the sensitive issues of races and religion as an excuse to use ISA to attack the dissidents and the journalists in order to further cover up its improper administration. Its aim is to restrain the people who are daring to voice and act.

To our regret, for those who stirred up a storm with comments that allegedly described the Chinese community as squatters in the country is not investigated by the government, but for those who really reported out the truth was arrested, this proved that the BN is just to consolidate its racial politics, and to attack on the freedom and independence of the media.

On the eve of 916 "sky-change", BN government uses such vigorous and resolute means; it is hard to prevent the people from not thinking that BN is attempting to prevent the "sky-change". BN didn't learn a good lesson from 308, but getting even worse to use hegemonic approach to attack the media and the blogosphere. It ignores totally the voice of the people.

DAP Miri branch deplores severely on this arrest under ISA, and urges the concerned authorities to immediately release all the people who were arrested into custody. If BN continues to ignore the people's voice, it will only accelerate the arrival of Malaysia "sky-change"

美里行動黨嚴厲遣責國陣政府繼續引用內安法令逮捕媒體記者陳雲清，無理扣押行動黨雪州高級行政議員郭素沁和博客網主拉惹柏特拉。

他們皆在<<1960年內安法令>>第73(1)條文下被扣留。該條款授權警方可在沒有逮捕令的情況下逮捕或扣留破壞或可能破壞馬來西亞安全的人。

政府通過高壓手段來對付異議人士主要的目的在於維持其腐敗的政權，政府越腐敗就會越採取高壓手段。腐敗的政府通常會以國家安全和種族宗教敏感課題為借口，採取內安法令來對付異議人士和媒體工作者，來進一步掩飾其施政的不當而造成貪污腐敗進而造成的不安心理。其旨也在通過高壓手段來制止敢怒敢言的人士發表批對腐敗的當權者不利的言論。

另人遺憾的，政府非但沒有追究發表種族煽動性言論的人，反而對認真據實報導的媒體工作者採取行動，旨在進一步鞏固其種族政治，並打壓媒體的自由和獨立。

在916變天前夕國陣政府採取如此雷厲風行的手段，很難不讓人民聯想國陣政府的這個動作，只不過是企圖防止變天的手法。國陣政府不但沒有從308人民要求改革風暴中汲取教訓，反而變本加厲的以霸權統治的方式來打壓言論和資訊自由，完成無視人民要求執政的政黨擺脫種族霸權主義，開放言論與資訊自由空間和廢除惡法的心聲。

美里行動黨強烈遣責這次以內安法令的逮捕行動，並要求有關當局馬上釋放所有受到內安法之下扣留的人士，如國陣政府繼續忽視人民的心聲，只會加速改朝換代時候早點到來。