All for freedom
Salbiah Ahmad
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June 8 is Hari Hak Asasi Mahasiswa (Undergraduates’ Rights Day).
I had nearly forgotten about June 8 until I went to the magistrates’ courts in Jalan Raja to have the bail sum released for one of the ‘ISA 7’.
The date stamped on the savings account for the bail sum of RM2,500 (per accused) was July 19, 2001. This was the date when the seven students were charged under the Police Act for illegal assembly. Under this law, the state may deem a group of three as an illegal assembly.
Magistrate Mohd Khairi Haron acquitted the students of the charge on April 22 this year. While they were charged in 2001, the hearings only began from 2003. (more…)

