Candlelight Vigil - a Threat to Security?
What is this country coming to when citizens can't even hold a candlelight vigil? How can a peaceful expression of support for a colleague be deemed as threatening the security of the nation? We are becoming paranoid and ridiculous and a laughing stock.
Aliran views the latest rounds of arrests as unjustified, blatant and deserving condemnation.
We call upon the police to release the following immediately and unconditionally:
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Mohamad Ezam Mohamad Nor, youth head of keADILan (arrested on 5 March 2001), who has been remanded for three more days from today (file picture above).
And nine others arrested on the night of 6 March for holding a candlelight vigil (which was deemed an illegal assembly) for Ezam in front of the Dang Wangi Police Station:
- Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin (Free Anwar Campaign Director)
- Marina Abdullah (Raja Petra's wife)
- Dion Chee Tzuoah
- Fatimah Harun
- Tan Seow Kow
- Badrul Izam (keADILan Youth, Negeri Sembilan)
- Azarizam Mohd Shahli
- Zaridin Adlin
- Zarifah Adlin
At the rate we are going, we might soon need a permit to breathe fresh air.
Aliran Executive Committee
7 March 2001
