Mark the day, Malaysia sees a new PM

Well, bye-bye to Abdullah Badawi who was conferred the nation's highest award with the title Tun earlier today ~ for his "bravado" leadership of the country for a short term of about 5 years, during which he was perceived to have held public office in the form of a slumber (and corruption infested) party with many in the government as his bedfellows. Let us now make a standing ovation at the entry of Najib Razak, the new Prime Minister of our country...

The Economist, 6 November 2008

"It is possible...[that Najib] will use the worsening economic outlook as a pretext for reverting to Mahathir-style repression."

O the latest breaking news. 13 ISA detainees including the two Hindraf leaders V.Ganabatirau and R. Kenghadaran were released this evening. Syed Hamid Albar broke the good news over the RTM. I am sure the families of the detainees are all very grateful to the same bastards who sent their beloved into jail without trial in the first place. And the new PM is all promises now to carry out a "comprehensive" review of the draconian Internal Security Act.

Teresa files suit against Home Minister for ISA arrest
The Malaysian Insider
By Shannon Teoh

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Senior Selangor executive councillor Teresa Kok filed a suit at the High Court registry today against Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment over her week-long Internal Security Act detention on Sept 12 last year.
Naming Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, the arresting officer DSP E. Kim Tien and the government of Malaysia as co-respondents, it is the fourth such suit filed by the Seputeh MP in relation to the arrest.

In December, she had filed two separate defamation suits for RM30 million against Utusan Melayu, with former Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo and columnist Datuk Chamil Wariya being co-respondents in one suit each.
The first was in relation to claims by Dr Khir that she had backed a petition to force a mosque in Bukit Kinrara to stop making the azan call, which is understood to have led to her arrest under the ISA, which allows for detention without trial, and the second on a short story written by Chamil, the Malaysian Press Institute chief executive officer, titled Politik Baru YB Josephine, which Kok claims refers to her as anti-Malay and anti-Islam.
In today's suit, she claims that she was arrested under the ISA by Kim Tien on the grounds that she had involved herself in activities which could spark racial and religious tension.
According to her filing papers, after her release Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Ismail Omar said she was released unconditionally because “the police were satisfied that she was not a threat to public order and security" and Musa had also said that "police investigations showed that there was no reason to detain her further".

Her lawyer, Sankara Nair, filed the civil suit on her behalf.

Hmm...let's wait and see.