Heartless - Soulless - Inhumane Act

I do not intend to blog about this heartless soulless inhumane act when I first read it from a letter to Malaysiakini title A government without humanity.

Going through Malaysiakini top blogs, this sad incidence was highlighted by many bloggers with the latest from Nat and Nuraina A. Samad. Earlier, TEHSIN and rockybru have posted this sad incidence.

After going through all these blogs postings, I feel the need to blog and question what makes our minister to become such a heartless and soulless human being.

In the name of security, to rehabilitate and all the con words puked from the foul mouth - that is the Internal Security Act (ISA), detention without trial.


A 17 year-old Aina Mardiah Shahrial, the eldest daughter of Shahrial Sirin, an ISA detainee was not given her last chance to see her father before her passing on.

Who could be so cruel and heartless?

Like others, I will just reproduce this letter:

Dear YB Syed Hamid Albar
Home Minister

Re: Aina Mardiah Shahrial, 17

You may not know Aina, she is the eldest daughter of Shahrial Sirin, an ISA detainee. On the afternoon of July 2, about 3 pm, she was admitted into Kajang Hospital. The girl was fighting for her life. The family immediately informed authorities at Kamunting, where her father had been detained for the last 7 years.

Somehow, Shahrial was only told of her daughter’s illness at 10.30 am the next day, July 3. Aina’s mother made a personal appeal to the authorities at Kamunting to let her daughter be with the dad for the last time. The doctors said Aina had only a few hours of life left, God-willing.

The authorities at Kamunting said they could not release Shahrial. They had to get your signature on the release papers. Yes, YB, your precious signature.

Aina’s father was finally released at 5pm. It was the longest four-hour journey to Kuala Lumpur.

Shahrial got to her daughter’s side at 9.45 pm. He was too late. Aina had passed away at 6.20pm without seeing her father.

Thank you, YB, and may Allah bless you and your family.

I call upon the ruling government to seriously consider the abolishing of the ISA.
There is no justification whatsoever to allow the ISA to remain.

I support the call; Several bloggers are planning to set up a fund for families of ISA detainees. posted at Nuraina A. Samad's blog.