Five suspects from Jemaah Islamiyah, a group associated with Al Qeada, were released on Tuesday by the Malaysian government. The five released have been held without trial for up to seven and a half years, an action that had been criticized by numerous civil rights groups. Several civil rights groups have denounced the actions of the Malaysian govenrment, and last month, several thousand people had participated in a protest against the Internal Security Act, the law under which the suspects were being detained. Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said that the five former prisoners were no longer deemed a threat, so they were released.
By Caleb B. Ray
Source: The New York Times
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