Being VIP of Parti KeADILan Rakyat's Congress

I just came back from Kuala Lumpur after attending the 2005 Congress of Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR) held at the Istana Hotel. I (third from left) was seated in the front row together with Mr. Lo Jeng Wung (Chief Leader Writer of Sin Chew Jit Poh), Mr. Syed Shahir bin Syed Mohamud (President of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress or MTUC), Mr. Ser Choon Ing (Chairman of the Civil Rights Committee of the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall), Mr. Lee Ban Chen (veteran Chinese educationist and malaysiakini columnist) and Mr. Mai Xiang (veteran Chinese educationist from Ipoh).

Both Mr. Lee and Mr. Mai were detained without trial under the notorious Internal Security Act (ISA) in the late 1960s and early 1970s.