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Dear President/Coordinat or/Executive Director of CSOs,

Re: Endorsement of Memorandum Demanding the
Abolition of the Internal Security Act 1960
The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) allows for detention without trial, which violates fundamental principles of natural justice and human rights. Detainees have been subject to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and torture in various forms. The ISA has also allowed the Government to arbitrarily detain political dissidents and ordinary citizens.

No democratic country can function properly in an environment where preventive detention laws such as the ISA are in place.

Given the above, Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH), Dong Zong (United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia), Jiao Zong (United Chinese School Teachers' Association of Malaysia), Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) and the Bar Council have jointly drafted a memorandum to demand that the ISA be abolished. We seek to present the memorandum to the Honorable Prime Minister and Home Minister.

We appeal to your organization to endorse the memorandum using the enclosed endorsement form. In addition, we request that your organization send representatives to attend the mass endorsement ceremony to be held from 10 am to 1 pm on Sunday, 19 October 2008 at the KLSCAH Hall Alternatively, if your organization is unable to submit its endorsement prior to that date, the memorandum can be endorsed at the event itself. Kindly bring the official stamp of your organization for this purpose.

For further information, kindly contact
a) KLSCAH Assistant Secretary Mr Teh Yee Keong at 03-2274 6645 or by email at info@scah.org. my, or
b) Suaram Coordinator Ms Nalini at 03-7783 5724 or by email at suaram@suaram. net

Thank you.

President of KLSCAH, Dato’ Bong Hon Liong
President of Dong Zong, Dr. Yap Sin Tian
President of Jiao Zong, Mr. Ong Chiow Chuen
President of Abolish ISA Movement, Mr. Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh
President of the Malaysian Bar, Dato' Ambiga Sreenevasan

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