A night without stars for seven years

For more than seven years, her husband had to be confined to an empty and dark room. And for those 2,670 nights, he had missed the absence of the stars in the sky.

Speaking at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today, Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Mat Sah Mohd Satray's wife Norlaila Othman said, "this showed how draconian the Act is as it imprisoned my husband through those long and lonely nights for seven whole years".

"Also, when he first got home, he saw that our only son (Suhaib Mat Sah) has grown. He felt as if it happened so suddenly because the last time he met him, our son was only 8 years old.

"But I told him, 'no it is not suddenly', you have been gone for seven years. And this made him cry", said 44-year-old Norlaila, holding back her tears.
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