The Anti-ISA Movement (AIM) is planning to intensify its efforts to free some remaining 100 detainees being held at the Kamunting detention camp in Perak.

AIM secretary Yap Swee Seng said today in addition to the lobby to abolish ISA, the grouping would continue to push for the immediate release of reformasi activists Dr Badrulamin Bahron and Lokman Adam.

The two are still in Kamunting pending the expiry of their detention orders on June 12.

They, together with four otherss, were detained under the ISA in April 2001 for planing to topple the government through militant means. They denied the accusation.

Meeting soon

AIM members are expected to meet next week to discuss the details of their next strategy.

Yap said they would continue to push for abolition of the ISA by supporting recent recommendations that the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) had submitted to the government in a review report.

"We will also continue to lobby for the remaining detainees, including those allegedly involved in terrorist activities, to be released," he added.

One major recommendation in the Suhakam report is to abolish the ISA and replace it with a new and clearer anti-subversion law. The report also traced the erosion of in-built safeguards in the ISA itself.

According to Suhakam, more than 100 persons are under ISA detention in the camp. Over half of them are alleged local and regional operatives of Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, Al Ma'unah, Jemaah Islamiah and the Shiah sect.

On Sunday night, four reformasi activists - Saari Sungib, Tian Chua, Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor and Hishamuddin Rais - were freed from detention under the ISA.

It took Tian and Hishamuddin until today to walk free, as they were immediately remanded on several outstanding criminal charges. They have since successfully obtained bail pending the continuation of hearing of these cases later in the year.

However, Keadilan Youth chief Mohd Ezam has been serving a separate two-year jail term in Kajang prison since last August for violating the Official Secrets Act. He is due to be released in December, with one-third remission of his sentence for good behaviour.