There are fears today that the two Keadilan Youth leaders who were freed from the Internal Security Act (ISA) detention would be rearrested after their 24-hour amnesty expired late yesterday.

"I hope the police will not detain him again and understand the stress that his family has suffered," said Roslija Syed, the wife of Abdul Ghani Haroon.

On Wednesday, the Shah Alam High Court ordered that the two reformasi activists, Abdul Ghani and N Gobalakrishnan, be released based on the grounds that their detention under the ISA was "unlawful".

The court also ordered the police not to re-arrest them for a period of 24 hours, which ended at 4pm yesterday. The police chief Norian Mai had then filed an appeal to overturn the decision at the Federal Court.

It is believed that the party leadership had instructed both Abdul Ghani and Gobalakrishnan not to reveal details of their detention to the public, amid widespread speculation that they may be rearrested once their 24-hour amnesty expired.

Roslija said her husband was in good condition but he declined to recount his experience with the police during the detention.

"I am grateful that he is back. I do not want him to recall what he had been through during the past few weeks," said Roslija when contacted by malaysiakini .

She said Abdul Ghani has only been meeting some "normal friends" in his hometown in Kedah since his release, adding that she had spoken to several party top leaders on behalf of her husband, who has yet to decide on what to do next.

"They (the party leaders) expressed their concern over the rumours that the ISA detainees were mistreated by the police. But I told them that Abdul Ghani is fine, mentally and physically. I should thank the police for treating him well," she said.

"He is very much the man he was before. There is nothing unusual about his behaviour and personality since he came home," she added.

Tight-lipped

Meanwhile, the wife of Gobalakrishnan, R Vasanthi said her husband is back in Kuala Lumpur after spending some time at his home in Penang.

"He did not leave any contact number before he left for Kuala Lumpur. I am not sure what he is up to there," she said.

She also added that Gobalakrishnan was tight-lipped on his experience while in police custody despite an earlier statement where he claimed that he was kept in solitary confinement with the lights on all the time.

"In fact, I did not even ask him about that (the detention) because he seemed to enjoy being with his children so much. Let's not talk about it now," she said.

When he was released on Wednesday, Gobalakrishnan told journalists that he had been "very badly treated" but added that he would not elaborate until the other eight ISA detainees are freed.

They are Keadilan vice-president Tian Chua; party Youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor; Youth leaders Lokman Noor Adam, Dr Badrul Amin Baharom and Saari Sungib; social activist-cum- malaysiakini columnist Hishamuddin Rais; Free Anwar Campaign webmaster (Freeanwar.com) Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin; and human rights activist Badaruddin Ismail.

Appeal to be heard on June 6

In a related matter, lawyer R Sivarasa said the appeal of five ISA detainees against the High Court's dismissal of their habeas corpus applications will now be heard on June 6 in the Federal Court. The hearing was initially scheduled on June 18.

On April 25, Justice Augustine Paul rejected the habeas corpus applications by the five, saying the court had no jurisdiction to hear the matter as the arrests and detention of the five were done in accordance with powers vested in the police through the controversial security law.