Rais to broach ISA 5 detention issue with cabinet, Pak Lah

comments     Susan Loone     Published     Updated

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dr Rais Yatim will broach the issue of the five reformasi leaders' detention under the Internal Security Act in the weekly cabinet meeting tomorrow.

Rais, who is de facto law minister, was responding to reporters on the recent Federal Court ruling that their initial 60-day detention by police was "unlawful" at the Parliament lobby today.

He added that he will also bring up the matter with Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Rais said that on the question of law, once the court has made its decision, it is "incumbent on us to follow and to abide by it".

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