Malaysia: Further information on legal concern / health concern / prolonged detention without trial / prisoners of conscience

Index Number: ASA 28/005/1999
Date Published: 17 May 1999
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Malaysia

Fadzullah Shuib, Che Kamarulzaman Che Ismail, Professor Lutpi Ibrahim, Syed Sulaiman bin Syed Hassan, Zainal Adam, Said Muda, Ustaz Abdul Hassan. Amnesty International has learnt that Che Kamarulzaman Che Ismail and Fadzullah Shuib have been released from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA). They had been detained without charge or trial since November 1997 on account of their peacefully held Shia beliefs. Che Kamarulzaman Che Ismail is thought to have been released in early May 1999, and Fadzullah Shuib in December 1998. The others listed above, who were arrested and detained at the same time, were released between October and December 1998.