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07KUALALUMPUR1497
2007-10-05 08:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
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MALAYSIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) DETAINEES,

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 KUALA LUMPUR 001497 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR S/CT, INL, DS/ATA, EAP AND DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2017
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) DETAINEES,
SEPTEMBER 2007

REF: A. KUALA LUMPUR 902 - BEYOND ISA

B. 06 KUALA LUMPUR 1977

C. 06 KUALA LUMPUR 1996

D. 04 KUALA LUMPUR 2981

Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark
for reasons 1.4 (b, c and d).

Summary
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 KUALA LUMPUR 001497

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR S/CT, INL, DS/ATA, EAP AND DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2017
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) DETAINEES,
SEPTEMBER 2007

REF: A. KUALA LUMPUR 902 - BEYOND ISA

B. 06 KUALA LUMPUR 1977

C. 06 KUALA LUMPUR 1996

D. 04 KUALA LUMPUR 2981

Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark
for reasons 1.4 (b, c and d).

Summary
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1. (SBU) Malaysia held eighty-seven persons under Internal
Security Act (ISA) detention in the Kamunting prison as of
September, according to a normally reliable source.
Fifty-four of those held are terrorist suspects. The
Malaysian government commonly releases a number of ISA
detainees each year around the Eid Al-Fitr holiday (likely to
fall on October 12 this year). This cable conveys the full
list of detainee names, their reason for detention and the
date of their original incarceration at Kamunting. End
Summary.

ISA Detainees at Kamunting: 87
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2. (C) Malaysia held eighty seven persons under Internal
Security Act (ISA) detention in the Kamunting prison as of
September, according to the update we received from a private
source. The GOM uses the preventive detention measures of
the ISA to confine suspected terrorists, criminals, and
enemies of the state without trial for initial periods of up
to two years. No later than at the end of each two year
period (or at anytime prior),the Ministry of Internal
Security reviews each detainee's case and determines if
continued detention is warranted. There is no judicial
review for detainees held under the ISA, and continued
detention is wholly within the purview of the Minister of
Internal Security. Authorities have held 25 persons in ISA
for over four years, all of them suspected terrorists. The
longest serving ISA detainee (terrorist suspect Yazid bin
Suffat) has been held for almost six years (since January
2002). The average ISA detainee is held for approximately
four years. In recent years, the GOM has targeted holding a

maximum of ninety ISA detainees at any given time.

Majority are Terrorist Suspects
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3. (C) Malaysia continues to rely heavily on the ISA, and
its detention without trial provisions, as it pursues an
intelligence approach to counterterrorism (see ref A for
discussion). Fifty-four detainees (62 percent) are
identified as suspected terrorists through affiliation with
the Jemaah Islamiah or Darul Islam groups. Of interest, ISA
detainees also include two persons connected to the southern
Thailand insurgency, two "foreign agents," and nuclear
proliferator Seyed Abu Tahir bin Buhary (aka B.S.A. Tahir).

Releases Likely around Muslim Holiday
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4. (SBU) Each year around the Eid al-Fitr holiday, the
Government of Malaysia releases a number of persons held in
preventive detention under the ISA. We anticipate the GOM
will make similar releases in the coming days or weeks, as
Eid al-Fitr will fall on or about October 12.

Reliable NGO Source; Some Detainees Held Elsewhere
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5. (C) The Malaysian NGO "SUARAM" (Suara Rakyat Malaysia,
Malaysian People's Voice) (protect source) provided the
attached list of ISA detainees. SUARAM monitors the GOM's
ISA detentions and is an active member of the coalition of
NGOs which form the Abolish ISA Movement (Gerakan Mansuh ISA

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- GMI). SUARAM's lists have proven largely accurate in the
past. Although most ISA detainees are held at Kamunting
prison, the GOM has been known to hold various ISA detainees
at locations other than Kamunting. Such persons are not
reflected in SUARAM's list. One example of this is
Noralawizah Lee Abdullah, wife of JI leader Hambali -
detained in August 2003 and held in solitary confinement at
the Police Remand Center in Kuala Lumpur since October 2003
(ref D).

The List
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6. (SBU) The following is a list of all reported ISA
detainees in Kamunting Detention Center as of September 2007.
The Kamunting Detention Center (KDC),located near Taiping,
Perak, holds ISA prisoners detained for sixty days or longer.
The contents of the list are sensitive but unclassified.

BEGIN LIST

NAME - ALLEGATION - DATE SENT TO KDC


1. Yazid bin Suffat - Jemaah Islamiah - 31 Jan 2002


2. Suhaimi bin Mokhtar - Jemaah Islamiah - 22 Feb 2002


3. Shahrial a/k/a Svahrial bin Sirin - Jemaah Islamiah -
28 Feb 2002


4. Abdullah bin Daud - Jemaah Islamiah - 28 Feb 2002


5. Abdullah Minyak bin Silam - Jemaah Islamiah - 09 Mar
2002


6. Mat Sah bin Mohd Satray - Jemaah Islamiah - 14 Jun 2002


7. Shamsuddin bin Sulaiman - Jemaah Islamiah - 14 Jun 2002


8. Masran bin Arshad - Jemaah Islamiah - 27 Aug 2002


9. Abdul Murad bin Sudin - Jemaah Islamiah - 02 Dec 2002


10. Nik Abdul Rahman bin Mustapha - Jemaah Islamiah - 02
Dec 2002


11. Bakkery bin Mahhamud - Jemaah Islamiah - 02 Dec 2002


12. Mohd Zamri bin Sukirman - Jemaah Islamiah - 31 Dec 2002


13. Sabri bin Jaafar - Jemaah Islamiah - 31 Dec 2002


14. Zamzuri bin Sukirman - Jemaah Islamiah - 16 Jan 2003


15. Zaini bin Zakaria - Jemaah Islamiah - 06 Feb 2003


16. Zainun Rasyhid - Jemaah Islamiah - 06 Feb 2003


17. Mohidin bin Shari - Jemaah Islamiah - 06 Feb 2003


18. Abd Razak bin Abd Hamid - Jemaah Islamiah - 06 Mar 2003


19. Abdul Hanif bin Mansor - Jemaah Islamiah - 08 Mar 2003


20. Rezzal Shah bin Jamal Shah - Jemaah Islamiah - 08 Mar
2003


21. Wan Amin bin Wan Hamat - Jemaah Islamiah - 20 Mar 2003


22. Azman Hashim - Jemaah Islamiah - 17 Apr 2003


23. Mohd Fadhali bin Abdul Raof - Jemaah Islamiah - 17 Apr
2003


24. Zakaria bin Samad - Jemaah Islamiah - 30 Jan 2004

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25. Ahmad Zakaria - Jemaah Islamiah - 30 Jan 2004


26. Terhamid bin Dahalan - Jemaah Islamiah - 30 Jan 2004


27. Mohd Khider bin Kadran - Jemaah Islamiah - 28 Feb 2004


28. Sufian bin Salih - Jemaah Islamiah - 28 Feb 2004


29. Hasim bin Talib - Jemaah Islamiah - 28 Feb 2004


30. Sulaiman bin Suramin - Jemaah Islamiah - 01 Aug 2004


31. Seyed Abu Tahir bin Buhary - Nuclear - 28 May 2004


32. Tan KokSeng - Counterfeiting coins - 06 Oct 2004


33. Yong Wai Chin - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


34. Ng See Hoo - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


35. Law Meng Keong - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


36. Tan Cheng Kiat - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


37. Lai Thin Foo - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


38. Choo Tuon Loi - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


39. Khong Poh Chuan - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


40. Yip Chee Sun - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


41. Leong Seong See - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


42. YeeTangHon - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


43. Gu Foong Lean - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


44. Choi Weng Mun - Counterfeiting coins - 10 Nov 2004


45. Khow Soon Chai - Document forgery - 10 Nov 2004


46. Yap Eng Keong - Document forgery - 10 Nov 2004


47. Lai Kin Choy - Counterfeiting coins - 26 May 2005


48. Lai Kee Yew - Counterfeiting coins - 1 Aug 2005


49. Khadijab Binti Ahmad - Document forgery - 14 Jan 2005


50. Ho Chee Mun - Document forgery - 22 Feb 2005


51. Ab Rahim Bin Jaafar - Document forgery - 17 Feb 2005


52. Han Euu Tiam (Chinese National) - Document forgery - 17
Feb 2005


53. Sulaiman Bio Mohd Kasem - Document forgery - 17 Feb 2005


54. Yeo Hwa Boon - Document forgery - 26 Mar 2005


55. Abd Rahman Bin Ahmad - Southern Thailand Separatist
Movement- 04 Feb 2005


56. Mahfudl Saifuddin - Jemaah Islamiah - 02 Aug 2005


57. Mulyadi - Jemaah Islamiah - 02 Aug 2005


58. Ariffin - Jemaah Islamiah - 02 Aug 2005


59. Saidur Rohman - Document forgery - 27 Oct 2005


60. Almas A Kader Bepary - Document forgery - 27 Oct 2005


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61. Omar FaroQue - Document forgery - 27 Oct 2005


62. Kandaraju a/l Raman - Illegal militant - 13 July 2005


63. Mat Tarmizi bin Zakaria - Southern Thailand Separatist
Movement- 09 Nov 2005


64. Mohd Arasad Patangari - Darul Islam - 16 May 2006


65. Adzmi Pindalun - Darul Islam - 16 May 2006


66. Idris Lanama - Darul Islam - 16 May 2006


67. Ahamad Ghafar Shahril - Darul Islam - 16 May 2006


68. Zainuddin Suharmo - Darul Islam - 11 May 2006


69. Jaki Bin Hamid - Darul Islam - 11 May 2006


70. Jeknal Adil - Darul Islam - 11 May 2006


71. Binsali Omar - Darul Islam - 11 May 2006


72. A Artas Bin A Burhanuddin - Darul Islam - 11 May 2006


73. Francis Indanan - Darul Islam - 16 May 2006


74. Husin Bin Alih - Darul Islam - 28 July 2006


75. Yusoff Bin Mohd Salam - Darul Islam - 24 Aug 2006


76. Abdul Jamal Bin Azahari - Darul Islam - 24 Aug 2006


77. Pakana Bin Selama - Darul Islam - 28 Oct 2006


78. Shaykinar Bin Guat - Darul Islam - 19 Oct 2006


79. Argadi Bin Andoyok - Darul Islam - 19 Oct 2006


80. Kasem Dayama - Foreign Agent - 19 Oct 2006


81. Ng How Chuan a/k/a John - Document Forgery - 30 Nov
2006


82. Ne Keat Seng - Document Forgery - 30 Nov 2006


83. Mohd Azuan Bin Ariffin - Foreign Agent- 18 Dec 2006


84. Mohd Faizul Bin Haji Samsudin - unk - 20 March 2007


85. Mohd Amir Bin Mohd Hanafiah - Jemaah Islamiah - 30 May
2007


86. Ahmad Kamil Bin Mohd Hanafiah - Jemaah Islamiah- 30 May
2007


87. Zulkifli Bin Abu Bakar - unk - 15 April 2007

END OF LIST
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