Sunday, August 12, 2007
This was reported in the HERALD the Catholic Weekly dated 12 August 2007.
Dato Hadi,
Please enlighten us, Malaysians.
1. Who were the suspects arrested?
2. What evidence were you looking for?
3. Didn't someone by the name of Harussani Zakaria say that one Raja Sherina was the one started the whole issue?
4. Didn't this same Harussani Zakaria, say that he 'passed' on this information to others without verifying the same?
5. The Special Branch has no knowledge of this?
6. A mob had gathered that day in front of the Church, and you don't even know a single one of them?
7. Your photographers did not take any pictures of this mob?
8. This news item - Couple faces long jail terms for SMS
"IPOH: The couple caught in the middle of the SMS controversy is facing lengthy jail sentences under the Sedition Act. Police have completed investigations and have sent their recommendations to the deputy public prosecutor's office..." was reported on 28/11/2006 and only in July 2007 you find you have no evidence?
Some news items extracted from the archives of NSTP's E-media at Read More ...
06/11/2006 - Police: Be wary of hoax SMS
IPOH: Perak Police Chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Bulat yesterday expressed regret over the irresponsible acts by individuals who spread sensitive racial and religious messages via the short-messaging-system (SMS). He said their acts could jeopardise the social and religious harmony in the country.
07/11/2006 - Perak mufti to be quizzed over SMS
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria will be questioned by the police over an SMS which alleged that several hundred Malays were to have been baptised at a church in Silibin on Sunday. The baptism was supposed to have been led by Datuk Azhar Mansor, the man who sailed solo around the world.
07/11/2006 - Ignore `naughty' messages, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Malaysians should ignore "naughty" mobile text messages that could lead to racial tension. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said action would also be taken against the author of the SMS, who claimed that a group of Malays would be baptised at an Ipoh church.
08/11/2006 - Azhar: I'm a victim of nasty rumours
LANGKAWI: The man at the centre of the rumours of a mass baptism of Muslims at a church in Ipoh said yesterday he was not surprised over allegations about his religious status. Datuk Azhar Mansor said he had been a victim of malicious accusations, including claims that he had converted to Christianity, seven years ago.
08/11/2006 - Musa: ISA can be used against SMS culprits
KUALA LUMPUR: Police will use the Internal Security Act (ISA) against anyone disseminating libellous or false news through the short messaging service (SMS) or email. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, who issued this warning yesterday, said such people were a threat to public order and national security.
08/11/2006 - Saying sorry for `ill-informed group of Muslims'
KUALA LUMPUR: Sisters in Islam (SIS) said yesterday the protest in front of a church in Ipoh on Sunday only brought disrepute to Islam. "Islam, like other religions, does not in any way condone any form of violence," said SIS programme manager Zaitun Kasim.
09/11/2006 - IGP briefs Perak Sultan over SMS issue
IPOH: Police yesterday raised their concerns over the SMS issue in an hour-long audience with the Sultan of Perak. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan flew in by helicopter just after noon and briefed Sultan Azlan Shah on the investigations and on the tension the SMS has caused between two religious groups in the State.
10/11/2006 - No room for leniency
Civil libertarians have long bewailed the Internal Security Act as the stomping boot of the country's authoritarians. But even the bleeding hearts among them would be severely challenged to dispute Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan's and the Internal Security Ministry's resort to the "draconian" law on the purveyors of the SMSes that caused a near riot at an Ipoh church last Sunday. As cogently as Malaysia's time-worn emergency regulations have been railed against, it is hard to think of another example for which such measures ought to be used. The text messages, distributed with electronic speed since last Thursday, were hateful and clearly an incitement to racial and religious violence.
10/11/2006 - Police identify source of SMS, seven quizzed
IPOH: Police, looking for the sender of the SMS that alleged several hundred Muslims would be baptised at a church in Silibin here last Sunday, have found out where the text message originated. But they have not uncovered the culprit.
11/11/2006 - Perak Mufti to meet Sultan over SMS
IPOH: "I am tired. I am not giving any comments until I meet Tuanku ." This was the response from Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria on his name being implicated in an SMS alleging mass baptism of Muslim students in a church in Silibin.
12/11/2006 - Mufti: I'll co-operate with police
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria said he would co-operate with police in their investigations into the SMS alleging a mass baptism of Muslims at a church in Silibin last Sunday. He said he was waiting for police to call him. He said certain remarks over the SMS were made at a meeting, but refused to elaborate. Harussani said he had called the palace secretary to fix an appointment to meet the Sultan of Perak but had yet to receive a response.
13/11/2006 - Identity of SMS sender revealed
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria has revealed the identity of the sender of the text message which he received alleging that a group of Muslims would be baptised at a church in Silibin here on Nov 5. It was a woman and she sent the message on Oct 21 at 9.33am, he said.
15/11/2006 - Woman who sent SMS urged to contact police
IPOH: Police want the woman responsible for the "Datuk Azhar Mansor" SMS to contact them in the next 48 hours to facilitate investigations into the issue. They will publish Raja Sherina's photograph if she fails to do so.
17/11/2006 - Recording of meeting given to cops
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria said he believed the claims by a woman, that there would be a mass baptism of Muslims, as the woman had agreed to have their meeting recorded. He said the Perak Mufti Department recorded his meeting with Raja Sherina and copies of the VCD were later handed over to Special Branch, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali, the Prime Minister's Department and the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) for further action.
20/11/2006 - Raja Sherina's photo to be released today
IPOH: Police will release the photograph of the woman implicated in the Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS to the Press today as she has failed to contact them. Perak police chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Bulat said Raja Sherina had failed to do so even though police had given her ample time to come forward and have her statement recorded.
21/11/2006 - Woman dares not face cops over SMS
IPOH: The woman sought in connection with the Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS is believed to be on the run. Raja Sherina could not be found at her houses in Sitiawan, some 80km from here, or in Sungai Petani, Kedah.
22/11/2006 - Raja Sherina held in Alor Star
IPOH: The elusive Raja Sherina has been detained along with her husband. They were picked up in Alor Star on Monday.
23/11/2006 - Cops want more time with Raja Sherina, husband
IPOH: Police will seek an extension of the remand order against Raja Sherina and her husband once their three-day remand ends today. Perak CID chief SAC II Patrick Jijes Sijore said this was because investigations pertaining to several parts of the "Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS" were still being carried out.
24/11/2006 - SMS case: Court extends remand
IPOH: The remand order against Raja Sherina and her 38-year-old husband has been extended for five days until Monday. Magistrate Syamsul Rezal Md. Ariff granted the application yesterday after police applied for the extension on grounds that they needed more time to complete investigations into the "Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS" case.
27/11/2006 - SMS woman, hubby out on bail today
IPOH: The two suspects implicated in the Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS controversy will be released on police bail at the expiry of their remand order today. Raja Sherina and her husband, both in their 40s, have been under detention since Nov 20.
28/11/2006 - Couple faces long jail terms for SMS
IPOH: The couple caught in the middle of the SMS controversy is facing lengthy jail sentences under the Sedition Act. Police have completed investigations and have sent their recommendations to the deputy public prosecutor's office.
Peace
Ipoh: The persons arrested in connection with spreading a false SMS resulting in an illegal assembly at the church of Our Lady of Lourdes on November 5 last year were released due to insufficient evidence.
This was informed to Fr Bernard Paul, parish priest of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in a letter dated July 10, 2007 from Dato Hadi Ho Bin Abdullah, SAC I.
In the letter, Dato Hadi who is the Pmg Ketua Polis Perak said that there was no evidence to show that the suspects were the ones who started the SMS. Due to this fact, there is no proof that the suspects were the ones to get the people to gather at the front of OLOL.
However, OLOL was not informed about the updates of the case and parishioners were left in the dark.
Fr Bernard said that now, they are planning to write another letter on the illegal gathering itself. Since the incident has brought shame and anger to parishioners, something has to be done and this time, OLOL will want a better response.
Dato Hadi,
Please enlighten us, Malaysians.
1. Who were the suspects arrested?
2. What evidence were you looking for?
3. Didn't someone by the name of Harussani Zakaria say that one Raja Sherina was the one started the whole issue?
4. Didn't this same Harussani Zakaria, say that he 'passed' on this information to others without verifying the same?
5. The Special Branch has no knowledge of this?
6. A mob had gathered that day in front of the Church, and you don't even know a single one of them?
7. Your photographers did not take any pictures of this mob?
8. This news item - Couple faces long jail terms for SMS
"IPOH: The couple caught in the middle of the SMS controversy is facing lengthy jail sentences under the Sedition Act. Police have completed investigations and have sent their recommendations to the deputy public prosecutor's office..." was reported on 28/11/2006 and only in July 2007 you find you have no evidence?
Some news items extracted from the archives of NSTP's E-media at Read More ...
06/11/2006 - Police: Be wary of hoax SMS
IPOH: Perak Police Chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Bulat yesterday expressed regret over the irresponsible acts by individuals who spread sensitive racial and religious messages via the short-messaging-system (SMS). He said their acts could jeopardise the social and religious harmony in the country.
07/11/2006 - Perak mufti to be quizzed over SMS
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria will be questioned by the police over an SMS which alleged that several hundred Malays were to have been baptised at a church in Silibin on Sunday. The baptism was supposed to have been led by Datuk Azhar Mansor, the man who sailed solo around the world.
07/11/2006 - Ignore `naughty' messages, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Malaysians should ignore "naughty" mobile text messages that could lead to racial tension. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said action would also be taken against the author of the SMS, who claimed that a group of Malays would be baptised at an Ipoh church.
08/11/2006 - Azhar: I'm a victim of nasty rumours
LANGKAWI: The man at the centre of the rumours of a mass baptism of Muslims at a church in Ipoh said yesterday he was not surprised over allegations about his religious status. Datuk Azhar Mansor said he had been a victim of malicious accusations, including claims that he had converted to Christianity, seven years ago.
08/11/2006 - Musa: ISA can be used against SMS culprits
KUALA LUMPUR: Police will use the Internal Security Act (ISA) against anyone disseminating libellous or false news through the short messaging service (SMS) or email. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, who issued this warning yesterday, said such people were a threat to public order and national security.
08/11/2006 - Saying sorry for `ill-informed group of Muslims'
KUALA LUMPUR: Sisters in Islam (SIS) said yesterday the protest in front of a church in Ipoh on Sunday only brought disrepute to Islam. "Islam, like other religions, does not in any way condone any form of violence," said SIS programme manager Zaitun Kasim.
09/11/2006 - IGP briefs Perak Sultan over SMS issue
IPOH: Police yesterday raised their concerns over the SMS issue in an hour-long audience with the Sultan of Perak. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan flew in by helicopter just after noon and briefed Sultan Azlan Shah on the investigations and on the tension the SMS has caused between two religious groups in the State.
10/11/2006 - No room for leniency
Civil libertarians have long bewailed the Internal Security Act as the stomping boot of the country's authoritarians. But even the bleeding hearts among them would be severely challenged to dispute Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan's and the Internal Security Ministry's resort to the "draconian" law on the purveyors of the SMSes that caused a near riot at an Ipoh church last Sunday. As cogently as Malaysia's time-worn emergency regulations have been railed against, it is hard to think of another example for which such measures ought to be used. The text messages, distributed with electronic speed since last Thursday, were hateful and clearly an incitement to racial and religious violence.
10/11/2006 - Police identify source of SMS, seven quizzed
IPOH: Police, looking for the sender of the SMS that alleged several hundred Muslims would be baptised at a church in Silibin here last Sunday, have found out where the text message originated. But they have not uncovered the culprit.
11/11/2006 - Perak Mufti to meet Sultan over SMS
IPOH: "I am tired. I am not giving any comments until I meet Tuanku ." This was the response from Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria on his name being implicated in an SMS alleging mass baptism of Muslim students in a church in Silibin.
12/11/2006 - Mufti: I'll co-operate with police
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria said he would co-operate with police in their investigations into the SMS alleging a mass baptism of Muslims at a church in Silibin last Sunday. He said he was waiting for police to call him. He said certain remarks over the SMS were made at a meeting, but refused to elaborate. Harussani said he had called the palace secretary to fix an appointment to meet the Sultan of Perak but had yet to receive a response.
13/11/2006 - Identity of SMS sender revealed
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria has revealed the identity of the sender of the text message which he received alleging that a group of Muslims would be baptised at a church in Silibin here on Nov 5. It was a woman and she sent the message on Oct 21 at 9.33am, he said.
15/11/2006 - Woman who sent SMS urged to contact police
IPOH: Police want the woman responsible for the "Datuk Azhar Mansor" SMS to contact them in the next 48 hours to facilitate investigations into the issue. They will publish Raja Sherina's photograph if she fails to do so.
17/11/2006 - Recording of meeting given to cops
IPOH: Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria said he believed the claims by a woman, that there would be a mass baptism of Muslims, as the woman had agreed to have their meeting recorded. He said the Perak Mufti Department recorded his meeting with Raja Sherina and copies of the VCD were later handed over to Special Branch, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali, the Prime Minister's Department and the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) for further action.
20/11/2006 - Raja Sherina's photo to be released today
IPOH: Police will release the photograph of the woman implicated in the Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS to the Press today as she has failed to contact them. Perak police chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Bulat said Raja Sherina had failed to do so even though police had given her ample time to come forward and have her statement recorded.
21/11/2006 - Woman dares not face cops over SMS
IPOH: The woman sought in connection with the Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS is believed to be on the run. Raja Sherina could not be found at her houses in Sitiawan, some 80km from here, or in Sungai Petani, Kedah.
22/11/2006 - Raja Sherina held in Alor Star
IPOH: The elusive Raja Sherina has been detained along with her husband. They were picked up in Alor Star on Monday.
23/11/2006 - Cops want more time with Raja Sherina, husband
IPOH: Police will seek an extension of the remand order against Raja Sherina and her husband once their three-day remand ends today. Perak CID chief SAC II Patrick Jijes Sijore said this was because investigations pertaining to several parts of the "Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS" were still being carried out.
24/11/2006 - SMS case: Court extends remand
IPOH: The remand order against Raja Sherina and her 38-year-old husband has been extended for five days until Monday. Magistrate Syamsul Rezal Md. Ariff granted the application yesterday after police applied for the extension on grounds that they needed more time to complete investigations into the "Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS" case.
27/11/2006 - SMS woman, hubby out on bail today
IPOH: The two suspects implicated in the Datuk Azhar Mansor SMS controversy will be released on police bail at the expiry of their remand order today. Raja Sherina and her husband, both in their 40s, have been under detention since Nov 20.
28/11/2006 - Couple faces long jail terms for SMS
IPOH: The couple caught in the middle of the SMS controversy is facing lengthy jail sentences under the Sedition Act. Police have completed investigations and have sent their recommendations to the deputy public prosecutor's office.
Peace
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