Can Harapan politicians claim to represent 10,000 ISA detainees?

comments     Kua Kia Soong     Published     Updated

COMMENT I read with incredulity and amusement that some of the Pakatan Harapan politicians at the ‘Save Malaysia’ rally had appointed themselves representatives of the more than 10,000 Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees to forgive Dr Mahathir Mohamad for his authoritarian rule, including use of detention without trial.

The first point of fact worth noting is that up until now, Mahathir has yet to apologise for his authoritarian record and to ask for forgiveness from any of the ISA detainees he incarcerated. The second point is of course the shameless gall of these politicians to arrogate to themselves the role of representating all these former ISA detainees!

The ISA games politicians play

Many politicians today wear their ISA detention like a badge of honour that they can display for maximum political mileage. To them, their ISA detention was bearable as long as it could be used in the advancement of their political careers.

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