Deputy Internal Security Minister Dato Mohd Johari Baharom confirmed that five HINDRAF members were held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) yesterday.

“They can be held for two years for sedition and also for carrying out activities that threaten national security,” - Mohd Johari Baharom

A Hindraf spokesman said the arrests of P. Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan, R. Kenghadharan, V. Ganabatirau and T. Vasanthakumar would not silence the movement, which the government has accused of stirring up racial tension.

“Regardless of the arrests this struggle will move on. We have many leaders who are waiting to take over and we will not go backwards but move ahead with the fight for the rights of Indians in Malaysia,” S. Jayathas told AFP

Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang condemned the government’s move and said that if the HINDRAF leaders had committed any offence they should be charged and tried in an open court.

The ISA provides for a person’s arrest without warrant and follow-up detention without trial for an initial period of up to 60 days.

Police said the five men have been sent to the Kamunting Detention Camp in Taiping.

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