Endless struggle...

Today would be one of the happiest day in my life..

" Nalini Rahim from Malaysiakini told me that 5 ISA detainees released and Mat Sah one of them"... Kak Laila told me ln a doubtful voice..

"you boleh check tak news ini", Kak Laila
"ok.. i'll call rahim then confirmkan dengan dia", i told kak laila..
"Rahim betul keh news ini? Betul hishamudin mention nama Mat Sah? Siapa lagi yang bebas?"
"Betul Nalini.. Dia memang mention nama Mat Sah". Rahim, journalist from Malaysiakini...
i put down the phone and i went to my colleague John and i told him that 5 people have been released and Mat sah one of them.. he looks happy as well..then i started to get the sms from few of my friends from HRC and also some other friends who get the news about the latest release. without delay, i send sms to all the GMI committee members.. In my sms i wrote " Dear All, 5 more ISA detainees akan release. Rahim from Mkini told me that Hishamudin mention Mat Sah's name dalam dia punya kenyataan. Lets hope for the best"... I started to get very fast reply from all of them.. .i calledl latheefa and edmund bon, who is also council member for Mat sah and also our ISA lawyers (thats how we always refer them!)... Lat was very excited and she was hoping that this release would end kak laila and her son's nightmare for past 8 years...


10 minutes later, i got sms from Yanti, one of my friend from Bar Council HRC... she send me the 5 names. after i saw the names i could only say " Hidup perjuangan"...

I join suaram 3 years ago... i'm the coordinator for the detention without trial desk in suaram.. The first detainees name that i was very familiar was Mat Sah satray because he is Kak Laila;s husband and kak laila was there in GMI. She is part of the GMI committee and also GMI's most powerful asset cause she is representing the families of the ISA detainees...

This year when the 5 hindraf released she was very upset cause mat sah not one of those released. She told me that , " Nalini you know what, you are the 4th GMI secretary from SUARAM.. Suaram coordinator is changing but my husband still inside.. Do you think mat sah will be released during your time? or i will have to see another coordinator from suaram and my hubby still has not released?".. that was the questions she asked to me.. i was quite sad when she throw the questions to me. I replied to her by saying that " Kak laila dont give up cause i'm not going to give up until the ISA abolished.. I promise i'll be with you and we will see mat sah release one day and i still will be the secretary of GMI...".. She laughed and she told me that it will happen one day and she promised me that i'll be the first person to know the news about Mat Sah release....

And today its come true... 15 September 2009, around 4.40pm Kak laila called me to tell that Mat Sah is released!... She told me that as she promised i'm the the first person that she called and followed by kak nash and syed... she sounds very happy.. after a while i told her that "kak laila, alhamdullilah and you know what i'm still the secretary of GMI"... we laughed!

Although i'm happy for this five detainees, and of course personally for Mat Sah, Suhaib and Kak Laila, but i'm still upset... i'm still angry and still thinking about the rest who is still being detained under the ISA..what will happen to their families ? when they will be released??? when the government will charge them? when they will be brought to court? all this questions keeps on coming up to my mind....!!!!!!!! and still thinking what next?? How to campaign to abolish ISA immediately? Gosh lots to do!


Its and endless job! We shouldn't give up!I wont give up until i see the change! I do this for the future generation!

"Sejarah akan melabel saya sebagai pengkhianat sekiranya saya tidak berjuang pada hari ini untuk generasi akan datang dan untuk sistem yang saksama"

So lets continue our work!


Hidup Rakyat! Hidup Perjuangan!


Nalini.E
11.21pm
15/9/09