Ex-ISA detainee family: The same trauma still haunting me today
- 9 years ago
According to Norlaila Othman wife of Mat Sah Mohd Satray detained under ISA from 2002 to 2009, families have broken up because of detentions, with some children of detainees suffering from trauma induced mental illnesses.
The GMI activist, whose son was 8 when Mat Sah was taken in, added the public apology could also help clear the name of her husband and other former detainees, whose charges were never proven in court.
"After many years, people still see my husband as a terrorist. Who will clear his name?" said the plucky activist.
Norlaila added that after being "lied to" about Mat Sah's release for eight years, she could only bring herself to believe "5 percent" of what Najib had said, and only so that she can "savour the excitement".
Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/176013
Camera/Editing: Tan Jiun Wuu
The GMI activist, whose son was 8 when Mat Sah was taken in, added the public apology could also help clear the name of her husband and other former detainees, whose charges were never proven in court.
"After many years, people still see my husband as a terrorist. Who will clear his name?" said the plucky activist.
Norlaila added that after being "lied to" about Mat Sah's release for eight years, she could only bring herself to believe "5 percent" of what Najib had said, and only so that she can "savour the excitement".
Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/176013
Camera/Editing: Tan Jiun Wuu