ISA detainee not in favour of habeas corpus application: brother
Suspected Malaysian Mujahidin Group (KMM) member Nasharuddin Nasir does not want to go ahead with his habeas corpus application against his Internal Security Act detention, said his brother today.
In a meeting with his family at the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters last Saturday, Nasharuddin purportedly told his family that he supported the ISA and did not want his habeas corpus application to continue.
"We don't agree with him and we will continue on with our court action," his brother Mohd Yusof told malaysiakini .
Nasharuddin's habeas corpus application was filed by his wife Norlida Johuri on May 14 against Inspector-General of Police Norian Mai, the government and Home Affairs Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
He is represented by Malik Imtiaz, Edmund Bon, Saiful Idzham, KY Ho and Ranjit Singh.
Mentally shaken
According to Mohd Yusof, his brother appeared physically fine but seemed to be mentally shaken from his ISA detention, now running into its 55th day.
"The previous times we had visited we never told him that we were initiating habeas corpus applications for him but on the third time we visited him, he knew about it," Mohd Yusof said.
Mohd Yusof added that he had noticed changes in Nasharuddin's attitude, adding that his brother had previously never supported the ISA.
Nasharuddin's family had visited him on May 6, May 30 and June 6 with visits lasting between 40 minutes and an hour.
Nasharuddin, a 45-year old fishmonger, was arrested under the ISA on April 17 following a two-day police operation which rounded up more than 14 people.
They were alleged to be linked with KMM which allegedly aimed to overthrow Southeast Asian governments through violence and convert their respective countries into Islamic states.
It was also alleged that it contained a splinter group — Jemaah Islamiah — linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network.
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