The habeas corpus application for the eight suspected terrorists held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees had been dismissed and rendered academic as they are no longer in police custody.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today allowed the objection against the application raised by deputy public prosecutor Mahmud Abdullah as the detainees were no longer in police custody.

“The foreigners have been handed over to the immigration authorities awaiting deportation and Malaysia's Azzahari Muradhas had been placed under a restricted residence order in Petaling Jaya,” said Mahmud at the preliminary hearing yesterday.

One of the lawyers for the detainees, Daniel Albert, said that the judge had allowed the objection because the detainees are no longer in the custody of the respondents.

However, the team of lawyers might appeal to the federal court yet.

amer hamzah arshad interview 261005 up close Yesterday, lead counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad ( left ) had applied for a court order for the deportation documents of the detainees be disclosed to counsel.

However, the court had rejected the application.

One of the foreigners had been deported to Yemen, while the whereabouts of the six others is still unknown.

Contacted yesterday evening, the Immigration director-general Abdul Rahman Othman said that he is not sure if they are indeed in his department's custody as yet but will check with his staff.

Repeated attempts to contact him today failed.

In January, 10 people were arrested and detained under the ISA for suspected terrorism activities.

They are from Nigeria, Yemen, Syria, Jordan and one from Malaysia.