Friday, September 12, 2008

Raja Petra Arrested Under ISA

Breaking News : 1.15pm

Marina Lee AbdullahRaja Petra Kamaruddin ( RPK ) has been detained under the Internal Security Act. 10 police personnel came to their home in Sungai Buloh at about 1.10pm to arrest him. RPK, is believed to have allowed comments on his website that criticize Prophet Muhammad and Islam and in an article "Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet. This is the second arrest of Raja Petra, who is also part of the Selangor royal family, has been detained under ISA, which allows for indefinite detention without trial, the first one was in 2001. RPK was released after 2 months of arrest. The family is yet to engage a lawyer at press time.

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