The Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees who ended their hunger strike for freedom last week are threatening to resume their fast if the Home Ministry does not release or charge them in court.

According to their lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, the detainees had broken their fast on May 18 with the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) with condition.

"Their condition was that Suhakam gets back to them...over whether they will be released," she said when contacted.

NONE Fadiah ( left) , a member for the NGO Lawyers for Liberty, said that she will be visiting the detention camp in Kamunting, near Taiping, Perak tomorrow to get more information on the detainees' plans.

"I am working with Gerakan Mansuh ISA (ISA) and the families who are concerned over their health and well-being as some family members say the detainees are weak as a result of the strike," she said.

She added that she will also seek more information about claims by family members that the detainees were taken to the Bukit Aman police headquarters recently for further investigations.

"We heard that this is because they would be charged, but we need to find out more," she said.

Suhakam to meet home minister

Last week Suhakam commissioner James Nayagam told Malaysiakini that 12 detainees decided to end their fast with the visiting Suhakam team after they had been briefed on the new Security Offences (Special Measures) Bill 2012.

Section 32 of the Bill which is yet to be gazetted, states that any order issued under the ISA is not affected by the ISA repeal, unless earlier revoked by the home minister.

This means that the detainees will need to serve the remainder of the detention orders, with the last of them to be released in 2014.

NONE James (right ) had said that Suhakam will speak to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and the respective embassies on the matter and return to the camp to inform the detainees of the commission's progress within two weeks of their visit.

The detainees who mounted the strike are Malaysian, Indonesian, Iraqi and Sri Lankan.

There are currently 45 detainees held under the ISA, which was repealed in April.