Keadilan youth leader Lokman Noor Adam had bought 240 canes to be used as self-defence weapons during an illegal assembly, according to his Internal Security Act (ISA) detention order made available to malaysiakini today.
Yesterday, Lokman together with another party leader, Dr Badrul Amin Baharom, were sent to the Kamunting detention camp in Taiping, Perak for a period of two years.
The duo were among 10 Keadilan leaders and reformasi activists arrested by police beginning April 10 for allegedly planning to overthrow the government through 'militant means'.
The detention order signed by Home Affairs Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi alleged that, "You (Lokman) chaired two secret meetings with reformasi elements to plan and to incite people to participate in an illegal assembly and street demonstration known as 'Black 14' where you planned and ordered that 240 rotan sticks be prepared to be used as weapons to defend yourselves during the illegal assembly and street demonstration."
The 'Black 14' gathering on April 14 was held to mark the anniversary of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim sentencing for sodomy and abuse of power in 1998. Anwar is currently serving a 15-year jail term.
Separatist guerilla
The detention order further alleged that Lokman was ordered by a well-known reformasi activist to have meetings with a foreign separatist guerilla for armed assistance.
"You acted on the instructions of a leading reformasi activist to have two secret meetings with a separatist guerilla from a neighbouring country to seek assistance in obtaining explosives and planning to hurt and threaten the lives of certain leaders," it stated.
However, there was no mention of whom the separatist guerilla was, his nationality or the type of explosives that were allegedly being sought.
Other allegations include participating in the planning of the Nov 5 100,000 People's Gathering at the Kesas Highway last year and telling participants at a ceramah on Feb 14 this year that they had the right to "beat the police" if they came.
Religious issues
Meanwhile, Keadilan's Sabak Bernam chief Badrul Amin, who was also sent to Kamunting yesterday, was accused of "planning and inciting people to attend illegal assemblies".
His detention order alleged that he made speeches around the country that "exploited religious issues and made baseless allegations towards the government, which caused confusion, fragmentation and misunderstanding among the people of Malaysia".
"While speaking at a ceramah attended by 2,000 people, among others, you accused the government of prohibiting religious scholars from making speeches, that many surau were demolished causing religious books to be stepped on," the order stated.
It added that Badrul had told people at another ceramah last year that there were more temples and churches being built than mosques and this "could create hatred among the races in Malaysia".
It also alleged Badrul of accusing Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad of allowing churches to be built on land he personally owned.
"You also stated that the religious scholars have been humiliated and are thought of being worse than communists," the order further said.
Among the ten who were detained under the ISA initially, four had been released.
The other four who were sent to Kamunting on June 2 on two-year detention orders are Keadilan leaders Tian Chua, Mohamad Ezam Mohd Noor, and Saari Sungib and social activist-cum- malaysiakini columnist Hishamuddin Rais.
