Wednesday October 1, 2008 MYT 3:15:01 PM

Raja Petra’s family visit him at Kamunting

By G. MANIMARAN

(The Star) PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, recently sentenced to two-year detention without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA), looks to be in normal condition, said his wife Marina Lee Abdullah.

Marina said she was allowed to meet with him for about 45 minutes Wednesday morning in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

“I arrived at the Kamunting detention centre at about 7.30am and was allowed to see him at about 9am,” she said.

Marina, accompanied by her family, said she would meet him again on Thursday.

“We spoke about developments in the outside world and our family,” she said. “He seemed to be his usual self.”

On Tuesday, Raja Petra’s lawyers filed a second habeas corpus application against his detention, at the Shah Alam High Court.

This second application involved his detention under Section 8(1) of the ISA. The first was filed on Sept 22 against his detention under Section 73(1) of the same act.

Raja Petra has been detained since Sept 12, for allegedly insulting Islam via his Malaysia Today portal.