Reports may be lodged with the police and the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) over the police's action to prevent an anti-Internal Security Act meeting from proceeding two days ago.

The Abolish ISA Movement (AIM) said today it will decide on the next course of action at a special meeting to be held later this evening.

AIM vice-chairperson Zahir Hassan told malaysiakini among the issues to be addressed is the possibility of lodging reports with the police and Suhakam.

The Tuesday meeting, organised by AIM, was to have witnessed the launch of the 'ISA Mala Fide campaign.

However, more than 100 police personnel, including those from the Federal Reserve Unit, cordoned off the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur the venue of the meeting.

This led to a three-hour standoff between the 300-odd participants and the police. Several people sustained minor injuries when FRU personnel used force to drive the crowd back.

The police's action drew strong rebukes from various quarters who described it as harsh and unnecessary.

Meanwhile, Zahir said today's meeting will also discuss ways to intensify AIM's call for the release of the reformasi activists being held under the ISA despite the Federal Court ruling that their initial detention was done in bad faith.

Reveal report

In a related development, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was urged to reveal the police report which he claimed showed that the detainees were a security threat, leading him to ink their two-year detention orders.

On Tuesday, Abdullah, who is also home minister, said the government decided to detain the activists based on valid security concerns and therefore there was no need to release them.

He added that the decision was made based on the report submitted to him after the initial 60-days detention period.

"If there is the case, then he should bring this allegation to court and charge them, why didn't he do so?," asked Bahirah Tajul Aris, the wife of detained Keadilan leader Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor.

"The minister has to actually prove the government's allegation against them and my husband. The highest court of the country has proved they were arrested illegally, has he read the Federal Court's decision?" she said when contacted.

Bahirah also questioned Abdullah's reluctance to reveal the contents of the report, adding that if he were to do so, it would lead the people to lose confidence in the government and the legal system.

She said the deputy premier should not have made the remark on Tuesday since he promised the families, in a written reply, that he is considering their request to release the detainees.

It was learnt that the families have sent two letters to Abdullah urging him to release the detainees.

"We will protest if our husbands are not freed," stressed Bahirah.

Political motive

Aliza Jaffar, wife of detainee Saari Sungib, said the deputy premier's directive as a "one-sided story made by him".

"Abdullah is also mala fide (bad faith) since he is the person who ordered the further detention," she told. malaysiakini .

Claiming that Abdullah is not qualified to become the next premier since he is ignoring the country's laws, Aliza added that the continued incarceration of the detainees proved that it is politically motivated.

"Do not hide everything behind national security," she thundered.

Apart from Mohd Ezam and Saari, there are four other reformasi activists being held under the ISA. They are Keadilan leaders Tian Chua, Dr Badrulamin Baharon, Lokman Noor Adam and malaysiakini columnist-cum-filmmaker Hishamuddin Rais.

The six were detained for allegedly planning to topple the government through militant means, a charge which they have denied.

On Sept 6, the Federal Court, when hearing the habeas corpus application of five detainees, ruled that their initial detention was unlawful.

The five were Mohd Ezam, Saari, Tian Chua, Hishamuddin and Free Anwar Campaign director Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin.

Although Raja Petra was freed before the expiry of the 60-day period, he proceeded with the application in order to clear his name.

The detainees' lawyer said although Badrulamin and Lokman were not included in the application, the court's decision applied to them as well since they were detained under the same charge.

Mohd Ezam is currently serving a two-year jail term in Kajang prison for breaching the Official Secrets Act.

He was charged under the act for leaking classified documents pertaining to an Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) probe into two Umno politicians.

The rest are being held at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping, Perak.