Reported by Brendan Navin Siva
This morning, the Federal Court panel comprising of Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Alauddin Mohd. Sheriff, Justice Arifin Zakaria, and Justice Hashim Yusoff unanimously dismissed the 5 Hindraf ISA detainees' appeal.
The Federal Court held there was no misdirection on the law and affirmed the decision of the High Court.
On Dec 13 last year, P Uthayakumar, M Manoharan, V Ganabatirau, R Kengadharan and K Vasanthakumar were detained under section 8(1) of the Internal Security Act 1960 for two years.
The five filed a habeas corpus application to the High Court claiming that their detention was illegal and unconstitutional. However, High Court Judicial Commissioner Zainal Azman Ab Aziz on Feb 26 ruled that the detention orders issued by then internal security minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi were valid.