TERESA KOK RELEASED FROM ISA DETENTION

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) -- Seputeh Member of Parliament Teresa Kok Suh
Sim was released Friday after eight days of detention under the Internal
Security Act (ISA).

The DAP national organising secretary was released at the Jalan Travers
police station here at about 1.30 pm.

Her parents, father Kok Kim Tong and mother Poh Seh Kwon, and her lawyer N.
Sankara Nair were at the police station when she was released.

"I am happy that I have been released and I'm OK," she told reporters
gathered at the police station.

To a question, Kok said: "I do not know why I was released today, just as I
do not know why I was detained."

Kok, 44, who is also a Selangor state executive councillor, was one of
three
people detained last Friday under Section 73 (1) of the ISA.

The two others are Malaysia-Today blog editor Raja Petra Kamarudin, 57, and
Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng, 33.

Tan was released a day later while Raja Petra is still under detention.


Kok was picked up in front of her apartment in OUG Heights in Jalan Klang
Lama at 11.15 pm last Friday while returning home from a function.

Kok had been accused of petitioning a mosque to reduce the volume for the
"azan" call for prayer. She has denied doing so.


Deputy Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar said in a statement
Friday the police had conducted an investigation into Kok for alleged
involvement
in matters considered to be a threat to national security.

"The police were satisfied with the cooperation extended by Teresa during
the investigation.

"There was no reason to detain her further and (the police) decided to
release her Friday," he said.