00:00What we've seen on social media, and how is that allowed, no accountability, libel, slander, it is unbearable.
00:11That is not Rajai Ali.
00:14Hassan Ali, father of prisoner Rajai Ali, says there has been an attempt to assassinate the character of his son
00:22by suggesting he is linked to certain criminal plots, knowing he has no voice to defend himself from behind prison walls.
00:30Rajai Ali, arrested and charged in 2015 for the murder of prominent attorney Dana Setahal,
00:36and with being a gang leader, is still awaiting trial,
00:41but was transferred from the maximum security prison in Aruka to the Tetron military base shortly after the SOE was declared on July 18th.
00:49Because there are allegations against you, because you are in remand, they criminalize.
01:02They scandalize and sensationalize.
01:07Is that a crime-solving method?
01:11They expect me, you know, it's a popular thing on social media.
01:16Father and mother, good children, and the good sons, and all that.
01:23Forgetting that we're not perfect, and it is not a perfect society.
01:26He described his son as a dedicated Islamic worker who studied Islam, interacts, and relates with all the youth.
01:34Contrary to belief, Hassan Ali says his son was on the right side of the law.
01:39How he worked with the police service.
01:43We don't want to talk about these things.
01:46Who lost the gun and he fined it back for them.
01:49We don't want to talk about that.
01:55They don't want to say
01:56that we complimented them and helped.
02:02We will be dignified and not called their names.
02:09Yet.
02:11We will give evidence.
02:15Because as an informant,
02:20we help
02:20resolving some of the problems,
02:23the challenges,
02:24they come to us.
02:25I know I'd be bashed for saying that,
02:30but we help.
02:33In standing up for his son,
02:35he says,
02:35with the misconception of radicalism and terrorism,
02:39Muslims are duty-bound now more than ever
02:41to be a good example,
02:43to have the best relations with others,
02:46and to be on their best conduct.
02:48But we have contributions to make too,
02:51to the stability of the society.
02:53No Muslim must believe in Muslim
02:55in his right mind
02:56who would want to assassinate
02:59judges and
03:01people that are supposed to be doing their jobs.
03:06No Muslim in the right mind
03:07wants to destabilize the society.
03:10But then,
03:11there are people
03:12who would want to make reference
03:14to issues in the past
03:17without looking at cause.
03:19During Monday's press conference,
03:21there was a call
03:22to end the state of emergency,
03:24close military detention sites,
03:26and return detainees
03:27to their previous places of holding.
03:30Cindy Raguba,
03:31Tika Singh,
03:32TV6 News.
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