Raja Petra (left) filed the habeas corpus application on Sept 16 on the grounds that his detention was unlawful and that the home minister had contravened the Federal Constitution with his action. -- PHOTO: AP
KUALA LUMPUR - THE High Court today allowed an application by blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin, freed from detention under the Internal Security Act last Friday, to withdraw his habeas corpus application of Sept 16 for release from ISA custody.
Justice Suraya Othman granted the application after Raja Petra's counsel Malek Imtiaz Sarwar made an oral application to the court today.
'My client instructed me to withdraw it (the application) in view of the Shah Alam High Court decision to free him from the two-year ISA detention order,' Mr Malek Imtiaz told the court.
Justice Suraya said that since the matter had become academic, the court was allowing the application and that it was up to Raja Petra, if he wished, to seek civil action over his detention.
Earlier, Senior Federal Counsel Najib Zakaria said the Home Ministry and the Kamunting Detention Centre had no objection to Raja Petra's application.
Raja Petra filed the habeas corpus application on Sept 16 on the grounds that his detention was unlawful and that the home minister had contravened the Federal Constitution with his action. -- BERNAMA
