Detention Under ISA
Teresa Kok was arrested near OG Heights at on Friday September 12, 2008 under Section 73 (1) of the Internal Security Act (ISA). Under the act, the police have no obligation to disclose the alleged offense if any at all.
Teresa Kok's arrest followed the arrests of prominent blogger activist Raja Petra Kamaruddin and journalist Tan Hoon Cheng (陈云清) from the Sin Chew Daily News earlier on that day.
The Malay newspaper Utusan had reported Kok had "advised" a mosque in Puchong not to use loudspeakers while making the azan. Teresa Kok denied the allegation. The Selangor state government was giving all parties involved in making the claim a week to issue a retraction and apology.
It was found out later that a faulty loudspeaker system was the reason why the mosque did not broadcast the azan. Furthermore, while there was a petition sent to the mosque, the petition requested for the mosque to lower the volume during 'ceramah' or sermons and not during azan. The administrator of the mosque as well as the petitioners also confirmed that Kok was not involved in the petition.
She was released on 19 September 2008.
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