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Clean shaven. The heart thing was a joke, lol. I didn't add it by myself >=|
Monday, April 19, 2010
Lololol.
Edit: Updated with more screenshots.
Clean shaven. The heart thing was a joke, lol. I didn't add it by myself >=|
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Kem PLKN: Tangkas Kendiri Kumpulan 1 Siri 7 2010
When I first found out I got it, I was OK with it~ I wanted to go~ M16 is awesome~ =DDDD
The only thing I didn't like about it was the bathing part.. I used to think the toilets would be some dinky part of the camp where its all dirty and dark..
So, on January 4th 2010, I went to PISA to register~ Met... Uh... Aisha and a few other school mates.. ._. can't remember their names, though. Hime-chama, Sabs, Adrian, Reuben, and Aunty Lean Sim came to send me off tooo~! =D Mummy, daddy and Aunty Alice were there tooo~! =D We were probably the noisiest buncha people there, since my friends from NS could recall me laughing with you guys. ._.
Reuben told me about how they steal each other's underwear... But thats only in the guys' dorm, thank god~ =D And someone told me something about tying a string from the banana tree to someone's feet and something like that.. Forgot already. ._. We were making sooo much noise!!! In PISA was also the first time I've ever met Declan.. ._. I've only ever heard his name, mentioned by none other than Looi Kah Mei. I didn't really know which one was Declan when I wasn't on board the bus.. Dx I only knew where he was standing at, roughly. Dx Found out who he was when we were in the bus, having our roll call.. ._.
People started boarding the bus, so I ikut la. Naik bus, duduk paling tepi so I can see what was Sabs saying... Bus tak jalan lagi, so Sabs made me go back down and obviously, I did~ =D Cakap cakap, I was the last one to naik bus..=_= Sudah naik, lagi SMS orang kat bawah. Hahahahahhaha.. Mummy, daddy and Aunty Alice left before I even went on the bus! >.<>.<>.<>.<>=[* I had to ask Amira for her charger cause I saw she had the same one I do.. Dx She was really friendly.. ._. She was like, Hello! What's your name? My name is Amira~ I was kinda taken aback since I didn't really expect friendly and good english speaking malays around.. >.< *Pochi, I don't mean you're not friendly or anything [what the heck am I saying?]. You're more Ah Moh than Malay... =.=* then, I minta pinjam her charger... Dx
So after settling in *kinda*, we were all asked to kumpul in the DM. Only the new pelatihs are asked to kumpul, so we went la~ =D There, Bhanu and I called Jang Yee over so we could get to know each other.. ._. So we cakap cakap la. Found out she speaks cantonese. Her english isn't that bad etcetc. Then, mereka ask us to line up outside the DM, below the red canopy thingy to get our uniforms.. Dx We were told all sorts of nonsense... Can't remember what cause I wasn't listening, of course~ =D
After distributing and crap, we went back to our dorm to simpan barang. It took like, AN ETERNITY to distribute. I was texting the whole time, of course~ ^^" We didn't do much d, for the rest of the day. ._. We were made to wear that icky ugly PT attire the next time we kumpul, which was at 5.30, when its my first ever roll call in NS~! By then, I was already dreading NS.. I was wondering which part of NS did I like again? I just couldn't wait to go home cause it was EXTREMELY boring... By 5.30, every pelatih that was supposed to come on that day arrive d. ._. It was after a while before I found out what Alpha and stuff meant.. ._.
Lemme explain:
Companies: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta
this is actually following the actual military company names.
Domitories: Wirawati (this is what they call the girls):
Alpha: Kaloi & Kelisa
Bravo: *omg, can't remember!!!*
Charlie: Pacu & Belida
Delta: Seluang & *can't remember*
Wira (this is the guys. I probably could only remember Alpha's.. =_=)
Alpha: Haruan & Toman
Bravo: *I'll go find out*
Charlie: *same~*
Delta: *ditto*
The first week was EXTREMELY BORING.. =.= We didn't do ANYTHING... =.= but this is when we got to know each other. Started off with a group of three, Bhanu, Jang Yee and I. Then, after the first week, we got to know Pei Ee, See Keng, Jie Shi, Yasini, Soong Yi and Aneeta. I was thinking to myself, "OMG, pretty girl~ But kinda cocky, isn't she? D=" when I first saw Soong Yi. I thought she was the flirty flirty type. The hiao hiao wan.. But, she isn't!!! I thought she was pretty proud, cause when we were doing the Kontrak Kita Janji thing, she was like, woahhh.. Doing more stuff than me.. ._. Btw, Kontrak Kita Janji is the time when we designed our company flag, find a group name and pledge(?) that we're all in this together and crap... We were FORCED to swear that we're goona be punished as a whole; a whole company, whole dorm, whole camp, etc~
The first week was just us doing that and going for some practice for pelancaran of Satu Malaysia peringkat Kem PLKN. We went to Desa Rimba, which was where they had the pelancaran. That pelancaran thing involves... 3 camps, Tangkas Kendiri, Desa Rimba and Tengkuk *dunno the spelling* It was boring la..=.= OMG.. Desa Rimba's camp is AWESOME!!!! T_T It looks so clean and new and stuff even though both our camps started out the same time! There, I met Ruth and Aisha! =DDDD Noone else, sadly.. T_T
Thats all for the first week. The pelancaran was on Friday, so... ._. I'll continue tomorrow la. ._. Now wann continue my presentation d. ._.
The only thing I didn't like about it was the bathing part.. I used to think the toilets would be some dinky part of the camp where its all dirty and dark..
So, on January 4th 2010, I went to PISA to register~ Met... Uh... Aisha and a few other school mates.. ._. can't remember their names, though. Hime-chama, Sabs, Adrian, Reuben, and Aunty Lean Sim came to send me off tooo~! =D Mummy, daddy and Aunty Alice were there tooo~! =D We were probably the noisiest buncha people there, since my friends from NS could recall me laughing with you guys. ._.
Reuben told me about how they steal each other's underwear... But thats only in the guys' dorm, thank god~ =D And someone told me something about tying a string from the banana tree to someone's feet and something like that.. Forgot already. ._. We were making sooo much noise!!! In PISA was also the first time I've ever met Declan.. ._. I've only ever heard his name, mentioned by none other than Looi Kah Mei. I didn't really know which one was Declan when I wasn't on board the bus.. Dx I only knew where he was standing at, roughly. Dx Found out who he was when we were in the bus, having our roll call.. ._.
People started boarding the bus, so I ikut la. Naik bus, duduk paling tepi so I can see what was Sabs saying... Bus tak jalan lagi, so Sabs made me go back down and obviously, I did~ =D Cakap cakap, I was the last one to naik bus..=_= Sudah naik, lagi SMS orang kat bawah. Hahahahahhaha.. Mummy, daddy and Aunty Alice left before I even went on the bus! >.<>.<>.<>.<>=[* I had to ask Amira for her charger cause I saw she had the same one I do.. Dx She was really friendly.. ._. She was like, Hello! What's your name? My name is Amira~ I was kinda taken aback since I didn't really expect friendly and good english speaking malays around.. >.< *Pochi, I don't mean you're not friendly or anything [what the heck am I saying?]. You're more Ah Moh than Malay... =.=* then, I minta pinjam her charger... Dx
So after settling in *kinda*, we were all asked to kumpul in the DM. Only the new pelatihs are asked to kumpul, so we went la~ =D There, Bhanu and I called Jang Yee over so we could get to know each other.. ._. So we cakap cakap la. Found out she speaks cantonese. Her english isn't that bad etcetc. Then, mereka ask us to line up outside the DM, below the red canopy thingy to get our uniforms.. Dx We were told all sorts of nonsense... Can't remember what cause I wasn't listening, of course~ =D
After distributing and crap, we went back to our dorm to simpan barang. It took like, AN ETERNITY to distribute. I was texting the whole time, of course~ ^^" We didn't do much d, for the rest of the day. ._. We were made to wear that icky ugly PT attire the next time we kumpul, which was at 5.30, when its my first ever roll call in NS~! By then, I was already dreading NS.. I was wondering which part of NS did I like again? I just couldn't wait to go home cause it was EXTREMELY boring... By 5.30, every pelatih that was supposed to come on that day arrive d. ._. It was after a while before I found out what Alpha and stuff meant.. ._.
Lemme explain:
Companies: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta
this is actually following the actual military company names.
Domitories: Wirawati (this is what they call the girls):
Alpha: Kaloi & Kelisa
Bravo: *omg, can't remember!!!*
Charlie: Pacu & Belida
Delta: Seluang & *can't remember*
Wira (this is the guys. I probably could only remember Alpha's.. =_=)
Alpha: Haruan & Toman
Bravo: *I'll go find out*
Charlie: *same~*
Delta: *ditto*
The first week was EXTREMELY BORING.. =.= We didn't do ANYTHING... =.= but this is when we got to know each other. Started off with a group of three, Bhanu, Jang Yee and I. Then, after the first week, we got to know Pei Ee, See Keng, Jie Shi, Yasini, Soong Yi and Aneeta. I was thinking to myself, "OMG, pretty girl~ But kinda cocky, isn't she? D=" when I first saw Soong Yi. I thought she was the flirty flirty type. The hiao hiao wan.. But, she isn't!!! I thought she was pretty proud, cause when we were doing the Kontrak Kita Janji thing, she was like, woahhh.. Doing more stuff than me.. ._. Btw, Kontrak Kita Janji is the time when we designed our company flag, find a group name and pledge(?) that we're all in this together and crap... We were FORCED to swear that we're goona be punished as a whole; a whole company, whole dorm, whole camp, etc~
The first week was just us doing that and going for some practice for pelancaran of Satu Malaysia peringkat Kem PLKN. We went to Desa Rimba, which was where they had the pelancaran. That pelancaran thing involves... 3 camps, Tangkas Kendiri, Desa Rimba and Tengkuk *dunno the spelling* It was boring la..=.= OMG.. Desa Rimba's camp is AWESOME!!!! T_T It looks so clean and new and stuff even though both our camps started out the same time! There, I met Ruth and Aisha! =DDDD Noone else, sadly.. T_T
Thats all for the first week. The pelancaran was on Friday, so... ._. I'll continue tomorrow la. ._. Now wann continue my presentation d. ._.
Laptop, YOU FAILED MEEEE!!! AGAINNN!!!!
After SOOO long, I finally got news about my laptop.
Guess what? It DIED!!! The hard disk CRASHED... T_T That does mean that ALLLLLL my data is GONE!! Pictures from prom, NS, sports day, etcetc. is GONE. T_T All my songs and everything, GONE... Haih.. Whats with my luck with hard disks?!!??! Why do they all hate me! So, this means that I'll be posting a long overdue post about NS without pictures.. Dx
Guess what? It DIED!!! The hard disk CRASHED... T_T That does mean that ALLLLLL my data is GONE!! Pictures from prom, NS, sports day, etcetc. is GONE. T_T All my songs and everything, GONE... Haih.. Whats with my luck with hard disks?!!??! Why do they all hate me! So, this means that I'll be posting a long overdue post about NS without pictures.. Dx
Monday, April 12, 2010
RAWR-RAWR-RA-AH-AH!!!!
I'm bored. Therefore, I blog. Since our blog is so 'empty'. Hmph. Darneth. Work is starting to pile up. Still bearable though. Classes are kinda fun xD Aaaaand. Haaaah. Nothing to say actually. Rawr. I should really stop wasting my time xD I'm such a procrastinator. I wish I had my own laptop. But if I do get one, I want one with 'crispy' keys xD Like the kind that goes clack clack and feels 'crunchy' when you type. How many people would get what I'm talking about? xD Heeeee.
-Sabs-
-Sabs-
Precious Moments
Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who came for the lunch and dinner! Thank you guys! Missed you loads..and kinda realised how much I missed you during lunch and dinner..just can't have the same kind of cheerful banter in college..it lacks kelly and sabs insulting me, meep cutting in with funny remarks, Lyssa's random lawakness and Rach's down-to-earth sensibility (except when she's hyper of course xD)
POCHI! WHY WHY WHY WHY DID YOU HAPPEN TO GO MAKKAH DURING MY BIRTHDAY?
Anyway, just so you know Poch, a motion has been passed and approved by the majority while you were gone. WE SHALL MEET FOR LUNCH EVERY FORTNIGHT TO CATCH UP xD
Indeed. Now the announcements and formalities are done I shall proceed to actual blogging of the lunch and the dinner
Lunch
Went to queensbay at about 1pm which was the plan xD sadly real events rarely follow plans set by anyone eh? The confirmed "guest list" was at that time:
1. Alyssa Ong
2. Amelia Loo
3. Chua Su Jen
4. Krystal Ong
5. Tung Kye Li
The people who turned up were:
1. Alyssa Ong
2. Chua Su Jen
3. Krystal Ong
4. Sabrena Arosh
5. Tung Kye Li
Why the suddenly exchange of Amelia Loo with Sabrena Arosh you ask? Simplez, dear meep suddenly cancelled at approximately 1pm ++ and Sabby's dad happened to be at queensbay at that time buying a present. So everyone basically rendezvous at Sakae's Sushi (cause lyssa had some voucher thingeh) at about 2pm due to various complications including leaving church late, walk for sight (some moral project according to meep) and just being Malaysian-time late xD
Sat down, started our random conversations on college, college, SPM, random results from googling self (Sabrena), the high achievers award ceremony, bugging people to come for dinner, etc etc..
Ate sushi, rice (for kelly) green tea, need I elaborate? LOL (forgot d anyway)
Ends up me daddy who was supposed to fetch me from queensbay couldn't. Cause my sister came back the day before and he sent her off to airport and was coming back to fetch moi and it so happened no one was at Sakae's at that time yet EXCEPT moi. So I took a bus back LOL
Twas most fun, especially all the catching uppies.
Twas even more funny when Scott called Sabby (or vice versa?) and Alyssa took the phone:
Alyssa: Scott. Alyssa here.
Alyssa: (waits of reply) ...from Lifegame.
Alyssa: Please don't disturb Sabrena. I'd like to have lunch with her in peace (paraphrasing here)
Alyssa: *hangs up*
Su Jen: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Dinner
Went to the bbq steamboat thing..picked up Pei Wen (from her house), Susan and Jing Ying (from the KDU hostel since Susan is from Ipoh and Jing Ying is from mainland). For Pochi's sake: Pei Wen, Susan and Jing Ying are college mates xD I was driving with daddy sitting next to me as usual..HE SAYS I CAN DRIVE ALONE TOMORROW, 15 APRIL 2010 LOL
Well..he's been saying things like that for quite awhile without results so I'm being cautiously optimistic xD the funny thing is, I'm not used to picking up people, just driving myself all over the place...ends up when I picked up Pei Wen i kinda drove a little when she was closing the door and she obviously panicked a little o.O she was like, "My door my door!" sorry Pei Wen u_u SO SORRY! (not like you read this blog since I never actually told any college friends about it @@)
Ah yes, the attendance list! (almost forgot but when i scrolled up after I typed this whole post I remembered..ehehehe)
Those supposed to come that confirmed before Sunday:
1. Chua Su Jen
2. Sabrena Arosh
3. Tung Kye Li
4. Ee Jian
5. Susan
6. Jing Ying
7. Rachel Heah (she was supposed to go for the lunch but had driving lessons)
The people who turned up due to a series of unfortunate (or fortunate..depends how one sees it) events:
1. Chua Su Jen
2. Sabrena Arosh
3. Tung Kye Li
4. Amelia Loo (courtesy of Kelly who fetched and begged with me xD)
5. Rachel Heah
6. Scott Ooi (courtesy of Sabrena who bugged him and Kelly who fetched)
7. Pei Wen (last minute dad allowed)
8. Susan
9. Jing Ying
10. Ee Jian
People whom I invited but could not come:
1. Yew Li Lian
2. Lew Li Lian (ahahaha..there are two Li Lians in my class..we call one You Li Lian and the other Me Li Lian)
3. Aaron Lai
4. Boon (short for Leong Wooi Boon but everyone calls him Boon on his request)
5. Adrian Chan
(This is for the benefit of Kelly who claims I hang out with very few guys and that she hangs out with more guys than I do)
People whom I could not invite as they were in Makkah:
1. Alisa binti Azlan a.k.a Pochi
I LOVE YOU, POCHI (this is just here for fun) xD
Obviously I didn't do the same thing to Susan and Jing Ying xD Susan's real cute right? She's like this cute girl who likes pink and big bows..she wears big bows on her hair at times and looks real cute o.O she reminds me just a LITTLE of Kelly..cause she's pretty tall and Mandarin-speaking and doesn't act as cute as Kelly. Not to mention since her name is Susan when people call her or me we get confused xD some people even sengaja do that to confuse us -.- like Kelly said, if she was in Pn Annie's class die d xD
Well, did more catching uppies since there were more people..and we passed the fortnight motion thing (kindly refer to the above) And I did a little venting and got presents and banged my head twice against the gate pillar thingeh that was behind due to laughing so hard since everyone was being their usual retarded selves, except Meep and Rach who are rarely retarded xD the big bruise is still there since I banged my head pretty hard and on the SAME spot at that, tis much like a bruise on a bruise o.O
All the college mates left early except Susan and Jing Ying who are dependant on me fetching them back to the hostel xD after that we sat down ate ice cream like mad, talk and talk and talked
Really makes me realise how much I miss you guys since I can't do such things in college..not that I don't have fun in college...it's just a different kind of fun since the people are different u_u
You guys are really precious you know.
I shall have to learn to treasure the moments I have with you while we're all still in Penang.
POCHI! WHY WHY WHY WHY DID YOU HAPPEN TO GO MAKKAH DURING MY BIRTHDAY?
Anyway, just so you know Poch, a motion has been passed and approved by the majority while you were gone. WE SHALL MEET FOR LUNCH EVERY FORTNIGHT TO CATCH UP xD
Indeed. Now the announcements and formalities are done I shall proceed to actual blogging of the lunch and the dinner
Lunch
Went to queensbay at about 1pm which was the plan xD sadly real events rarely follow plans set by anyone eh? The confirmed "guest list" was at that time:
1. Alyssa Ong
2. Amelia Loo
3. Chua Su Jen
4. Krystal Ong
5. Tung Kye Li
The people who turned up were:
1. Alyssa Ong
2. Chua Su Jen
3. Krystal Ong
4. Sabrena Arosh
5. Tung Kye Li
Why the suddenly exchange of Amelia Loo with Sabrena Arosh you ask? Simplez, dear meep suddenly cancelled at approximately 1pm ++ and Sabby's dad happened to be at queensbay at that time buying a present. So everyone basically rendezvous at Sakae's Sushi (cause lyssa had some voucher thingeh) at about 2pm due to various complications including leaving church late, walk for sight (some moral project according to meep) and just being Malaysian-time late xD
Sat down, started our random conversations on college, college, SPM, random results from googling self (Sabrena), the high achievers award ceremony, bugging people to come for dinner, etc etc..
Ate sushi, rice (for kelly) green tea, need I elaborate? LOL (forgot d anyway)
Ends up me daddy who was supposed to fetch me from queensbay couldn't. Cause my sister came back the day before and he sent her off to airport and was coming back to fetch moi and it so happened no one was at Sakae's at that time yet EXCEPT moi. So I took a bus back LOL
Twas most fun, especially all the catching uppies.
Twas even more funny when Scott called Sabby (or vice versa?) and Alyssa took the phone:
Alyssa: Scott. Alyssa here.
Alyssa: (waits of reply) ...from Lifegame.
Alyssa: Please don't disturb Sabrena. I'd like to have lunch with her in peace (paraphrasing here)
Alyssa: *hangs up*
Su Jen: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Dinner
Went to the bbq steamboat thing..picked up Pei Wen (from her house), Susan and Jing Ying (from the KDU hostel since Susan is from Ipoh and Jing Ying is from mainland). For Pochi's sake: Pei Wen, Susan and Jing Ying are college mates xD I was driving with daddy sitting next to me as usual..HE SAYS I CAN DRIVE ALONE TOMORROW, 15 APRIL 2010 LOL
Well..he's been saying things like that for quite awhile without results so I'm being cautiously optimistic xD the funny thing is, I'm not used to picking up people, just driving myself all over the place...ends up when I picked up Pei Wen i kinda drove a little when she was closing the door and she obviously panicked a little o.O she was like, "My door my door!" sorry Pei Wen u_u SO SORRY! (not like you read this blog since I never actually told any college friends about it @@)
Ah yes, the attendance list! (almost forgot but when i scrolled up after I typed this whole post I remembered..ehehehe)
Those supposed to come that confirmed before Sunday:
1. Chua Su Jen
2. Sabrena Arosh
3. Tung Kye Li
4. Ee Jian
5. Susan
6. Jing Ying
7. Rachel Heah (she was supposed to go for the lunch but had driving lessons)
The people who turned up due to a series of unfortunate (or fortunate..depends how one sees it) events:
1. Chua Su Jen
2. Sabrena Arosh
3. Tung Kye Li
4. Amelia Loo (courtesy of Kelly who fetched and begged with me xD)
5. Rachel Heah
6. Scott Ooi (courtesy of Sabrena who bugged him and Kelly who fetched)
7. Pei Wen (last minute dad allowed)
8. Susan
9. Jing Ying
10. Ee Jian
People whom I invited but could not come:
1. Yew Li Lian
2. Lew Li Lian (ahahaha..there are two Li Lians in my class..we call one You Li Lian and the other Me Li Lian)
3. Aaron Lai
4. Boon (short for Leong Wooi Boon but everyone calls him Boon on his request)
5. Adrian Chan
(This is for the benefit of Kelly who claims I hang out with very few guys and that she hangs out with more guys than I do)
People whom I could not invite as they were in Makkah:
1. Alisa binti Azlan a.k.a Pochi
I LOVE YOU, POCHI (this is just here for fun) xD
Obviously I didn't do the same thing to Susan and Jing Ying xD Susan's real cute right? She's like this cute girl who likes pink and big bows..she wears big bows on her hair at times and looks real cute o.O she reminds me just a LITTLE of Kelly..cause she's pretty tall and Mandarin-speaking and doesn't act as cute as Kelly. Not to mention since her name is Susan when people call her or me we get confused xD some people even sengaja do that to confuse us -.- like Kelly said, if she was in Pn Annie's class die d xD
Well, did more catching uppies since there were more people..and we passed the fortnight motion thing (kindly refer to the above) And I did a little venting and got presents and banged my head twice against the gate pillar thingeh that was behind due to laughing so hard since everyone was being their usual retarded selves, except Meep and Rach who are rarely retarded xD the big bruise is still there since I banged my head pretty hard and on the SAME spot at that, tis much like a bruise on a bruise o.O
All the college mates left early except Susan and Jing Ying who are dependant on me fetching them back to the hostel xD after that we sat down ate ice cream like mad, talk and talk and talked
Really makes me realise how much I miss you guys since I can't do such things in college..not that I don't have fun in college...it's just a different kind of fun since the people are different u_u
You guys are really precious you know.
I shall have to learn to treasure the moments I have with you while we're all still in Penang.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Someone else's blog post
The Utter Tyranny of Detention Without Trial - a very true and recent story (by Art Harun)
Most of you may have read that Azean Irdawaty's son, Benjy, was recently arrested for apparently in possession of 800grams of cocaine, and 140grams of methamphetamine. If true, that would make him a presumed trafficker under our law. The death sentence would be staring at his face.
However, they only charged him with being in possession of 0.24grams of metaphetamine. What happened to the 800 grams of cocaine? And 139.76 grams of metaphetamine which he supposedly have?
To top it up, today, the Star reported that the "powder" found was not cocaine after all!
After bail was granted, he was re-arrested under the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985. This Act is the drug version of the ISA. It allows detention without trial.
In addition, Amer Hamzah, his lawyer, was manhandled by the police. Lawyers are planning a protest walk tomorrow.
Read Benjy's story as told by his sister, Elza.
On March 11th, he was arrested at his apartment's parking lot in Segambut. Police brought him to an apartment he rented in Kepong, and after entering, claimed that in that residence, he possessed 800grams of cocaine, and 140grams of methamphetamine, and accused him of processing and trafficking, putting him under the risk of being charged under Section 39B, which carries the death penalty.
On March 12th he was remanded for 7 days. When my parents inquired if we can engage a lawyer, the Investigation Officer told us "No need".
On March 17th, after our family waited more than an hour, we were allowed to see him for the very first time, under supervision.
Again my mother asked if we should get him a lawyer, again the I.O advised against it, claiming "Lawyer tak boleh buat apa-apa sekarang. Buang duit je. (Lawyer can't do anything now. It's simply a waste of money)."
On March 18th, his remand was extended another 7 days. The magistrate inquired why there was no lawyer present for him, and whether he was made aware he had the right to a counsel of his choice. He replied "No." Therefore, he requested for one, and only nine hours later, did the I.O call to inform my mother, who promptly engaged Amer Hamzah Arshad. But the very next day, the police used their Executive authority under Section 28A that vetoed his right to a counsel. All requests made by our lawyer to visit him was denied.
Only after we complained to SUHAKAM, did the police allow Amer to visit him.
On the last day of his remand. After the investigations were concluded. For only 15 minutes.
On March 25th, he was brought to court, and charged under Section 12(2) for possession of 0.24grams of metaphetamin in his Segambut residence. Nothing the police claimed they found in the Kepong residence, the cocaine and shabu that was "already packaged to be distributed" or the so called "cocaine processing mini-lab" was brought to court.
Because there WAS none.
He was released on bail. A trial date was set. He was so close to being free, and seeing his 4 year old son again.
But as he was signing the papers of his release, the Plainclothes were outside waiting.
Not two steps after he came out of the bail department, without any explanation, they re-arrested him. Amer was restrained from protecting him, and only after Amer repeatedly asked them to show their I.D, did they do so. Still, no explanation was given to the family. We were merely told to go to the Headquarters and speak to Inspector Kang. The same guy who claimed my brother possessed the cocaine they NEVER found.
He never saw us, he was "in a meeting." He wasn't too occupied to give the press a statement, but was unavailable to see us.
We were told by the new I.O for this case, and the DSP (the guy who signed the papers denying my brother the right to a counsel) that they are detaining him for 60 days under the Special Preventive Measures Act (LPK), after which, they could further detain him for 2 years if found guilty.
Guilty according to THEM. For under this act, it is a detention without trial, like the Internal Security Act. Any information gathered from "witnesses" and "investigations" will never be disclosed to him or his lawyer, or the court. He will also not be able to defend himself against any allegations. Under this act, he will never have his day in court.
On March 25th, my brother, Ben, was denied his Constitutional rights.
For 2 weeks, our family went through hell. Sleepless nights, press waiting outside our door, Ben had asthma attacks after the police delayed themselves in acquiring the requested medication for 3 days, Mama, who is a cancer patient herself, suffered chest pains and lost her voice.
We felt it was all worth it, for we would be able to have him back.
But now, a new nightmare has begun.
Whether or not Ben is guilty, should not be for the Police to decide. If they HAD the evidence to strengthen their warrant for re-arrest, why was it not brought to court? Why is Ben not given a chance to defend himself? How can we ever know the authenticity of these so called witnesses and their statements? If there were ANY to begin with?
Under this act, I could simply be caught for any crimes of drug offences the police accuse me of, because they can claim they have enough information (even if they have absolutely nothing) and detain me. For 60 days, for 2 years, and even EXTEND it after.
Acts like this and the ISA are licenses for ARBITRARY arrest and detention. Anytime. Anywhere. Anybody.
My family and Amer will not back down. We will fight for Ben's right. We will speak up for all of those who were silenced before us, who will be silenced hereafter.
But we seek your help. In any way at all, help us fight this. Re-post this, write on your blogs, write to your local representative, to our newspapers, and together we shall use our voice, our art, our space, to stand up not just for Ben, but for all our rights.
Liberty is a Constitutional right. It's time to get it back.
I have said it many times and I will say it again. Detention without trial is inhuman, unjust and is an affront to civil society. It causes more damage than the damage which it is designed to avert.
And it breeds abuse. And laziness on the part of our authorities. Why bother to investigate when the so caled "bad guys" could be detained without trial?
The above story is but ONE of the thousands of untold stories about detention without trials.
It is but ONE of the agony, anguish and anger which is felt about this utterly uncivilised affront to fundamental liberties.
Do you all want this to happen to you or one of your family members?
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