Please sir, can i have some more?

No, i won't blog about the ludicrous statements made by our Home Minister. Instead, lemme describe to you how someone who is detained under ISA is treated. No, better still, let an ex-ISA detainee tell you:-

Murugiah (Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department and head of the Public Complaints Bureau under the Prime Minister's Department) said Kok told him during their meeting that she was given bread with cream and Teh-O for breakfast; rice, fried egg and a soupy vegetable for lunch; and two pieces of chicken meat with rice and gravy for dinner on her first day.

The breakfast remained the same but on the second day she was given fish and cucumber with rice for lunch and then boiled eggs and cucumber with rice for dinner.

It was boiled eggs and cucumber for both meals on the third day while on the fourth day the cucumber was substituted with vegetables.

(read the report here)

Only RM5.80 is allocated per person per day. Less than 1 quid a day for 3 meals.

On top of that, Kok was kept in solitary confinement in a 2 m by 3 m cell.

Bear in mind that she was not charged for any crime - and she was released after denying the allegations made against her!

Imagine how they would treat someone who is not a Member of Parliament and who does not have good connections and who doesn't know his/her rights.

Malaysia boleh!

ADDENDUM:- It's not RM5.80 a day. Today (23/9/08), the papers report that it is a mere RM4.50!!!!! See here.