PUTRAJAYA, May 8 — The remaining three Hindraf leaders and 10 others are to be freed from detention under the Internal Security Act in the next few days but Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein declined to give reasons for the release.
The three Hindraf leaders are P. Uthayakumar, T. Vasanthakumar and Kota Alam Shah assemblyman M. Manoharan. Two others were among 13 freed when Datuk Seri Najib Razak became prime minister on April 3.
"I will be signing the papers now," Hishammuddin told a specially-arranged press conference, adding they "no longer needed to be held".
Apart from the three Hindraf leaders freed, the others are three Malaysians, two Indonesians and five Filipinos.
Manoharan last week threatened to quit his seat which he won in the last election despite being held in the Kamunting Detention Centre.
The five Hindraf leaders were detained in December 2007 after mounting a massive street protest on Nov 25 which saw tens of thousands of Indians taking to the streets in Kuala Lumpur.
Please continue to be pro-active and supportive until ALL the detainees are released.
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