After almost 2 months, the High Court ordered Raja Petra’s release from ISA detention.

According to Malaysiakini, Judge Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad said that Raja Petra’s detention was unconstitutional.

He said the home minister had not followed proper procedure under Section 8 of the ISA to issue the detention order against Raja Petra.

He said Section 8(b) of the ISA indicated that those issued with the detention order by the minister might not be allowed for judicial review. However, the court could hear such an application if there were instances of possible abuse of powers.

Upon leaving the courthouse, Petra was whisked off in a ruby red Rolls Royce.
[THAT"S the way to show 'em who da man!]

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Meanwhile, Malaysiakini also reports that Anwar Ibrahim won Round 1 of his court battle when Sessions Judge S.M. Komathy shot down the prosecution’s argument that the case must be transferred to the High Court [where, presumably, a more BN-friendly judge presides].

Judge Komathy ruled the transfer order signed by Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail was invalid.

(Gani Patail is also an invalid, but that’s a matter of opinion)

Today, my faith in the Judiciary has gone up a few notches. (Just a few, though.)