Under mounting pressure from "Britain, Japan and the Netherlands and a group of 40 Islamic scholars":http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/fri/may30w6.htm, Abdullah Badawi has signed "the release papers":http://www.tri-cityherald.com/24hour/world/story/904586p-6301395c.html of Saari Sungib, Tian Chua (vice president of KeAdilan) and Hishamuddin Rais (an independent filmmaker).
"Three have been released":http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/06/01/international1103EDT0455.DTL from their detainment under the "Internal Security Act (ISA)":http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/malaysia-bck-0513.htm. "Three others":http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters06-01-072300.asp?reg=PACRIM, including Ezam Mohd Nor (president of Keadilan's youth movement), are still in the Kamunting prison camp.
UPDATE: Parti Keadilan Nasional (Keadilan) Youth head Mohamed Ezam Mohamed Noor has "also been released":http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/6/2/nation/jkisas&sec=nation.
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