Opposed Palm Oil as Cooking Oil - Threat to National Security

Do you know that you can be arrested under the ISA for opposing palm oil as cooking oil in favour of oil derived from soy beans? This was what an ex-ISA detainee arrested under the infamous Operasi Lallang said;

One charge was that I was alleged to be pro-Iran and against Saudi Arabia. The second charge was that I opposed cooking oil from oil palm as preferring cooking oil derived from soy beans of the US. All the other charges were even more ridiculous and had nothing to do with the security of the country.

Perhaps the Government thought by so doing our oil palm industry will collapse which ultimately may lead to the collapse of our economy and therefore threaten our national security.

Read his letter to Malaysiakini for the account of his arrest and what he thinks was the real reason for his arrest.

One may be tempted to laugh at such a ludicrous charge, but to lose your liberty for eight months is laughing matter.

I hope more ex-detainees or their family members will come out and speak and write about their experiences and the gross injustice that they were being subjected to.