The wife of Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Raja Petra Kamaruddin who visited her husband for the second time on Tuesday since his arrest more than 40 days ago said that his hands were trembling and he looked "very pale".

Marina Abdullah told malaysiakini today that she and her eldest daughter visited Raja Petra, who is the webmaster of the Free Anwar Campaign website (Freeanwar.com), at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters.

"He said he wasn't eating too well and looked very pale. My daughter noticed that his hands were shaking badly," said Marina, who added that when she touched her husband's hands, they were cold.

"I tried to warm his hands but they were ice cold. He claimed that he was just feeling cold but I don't believe him," she added.

Marina said her husband appeared cheerful but she believed that he was just putting up a brave front for his daughter. "My husband said we would know his fate in two weeks," she said.

Hypertension

According to her, Raja Petra suffers from hypertension and the glucose level in his body had probably dropped.

She added that during her first visit on May 3, she had passed him bottles of sweetened drinks but did not know whether the police had allowed him to take them.

Marina also said that her husband's cell was constantly lit and the only way he keeps track of time was when police officers inform him prayer times.

The 51-year-old father of three was among the initial seven arrested between April 10 and 11 in a police dragnet which, according to the Inspector-General of police Norian Mai, was launched to preempt an attempt to overthrow the government through "militant means".

Police then detained another three people. All except for two have been allowed visits by their families. The two are Keadilan leaders N Gobalakrishnan and Abdul Ghani Haroon.

The other detainees are Keadilan vice-president Tian Chua, party youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor, party leaders Dr Badrul Amin Baharom, Lokman Noor Adam and Saari Sungib, social activist-cum- malaysiakini columnist Hishamuddin Rais and human rights activist Badaruddin Ismail.

After hearing

Meanwhile, Gobalakrishnan's wife was told today that the police would allow her to meet her husband after the conclusion of his habeas corpus application.

"I spoke to ASP Joon who is the Special Branch officer in charge of the detainees and she said that I would only get to visit my husband after his hearing," said R Vasanthi.

Vasanthi told malaysiakini that she had repeatedly called the police to ask if she could see her husband.

The habeas corpus applications for both Gobalakrishnan and Abdul Ghani were filed by their families on April 14 at the Shah Alam High Court. Justice Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus would pass judgment on May 30. The pair have been in police custody for more than 40 days.

The habeas corpus applications for Chua, Ezam, Saari, Hishamuddin and Raja Petra were thrown out by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on April 25 after Judge Augustine Paul decided that the court did not have the jurisdiction to enquire into the legality of the arrests.

The five will have their appeal against this heard on June 18 at the Federal Court.

The habeas corpus applications of Badrul, Lokman and Badaruddin will be heard in the Shah Alam High Court on June 14.

Habeas corpus is a writ ordering prisoners to be brought before a court or a judge to ascertain whether their detention is lawful.