Malaysia still under Emergency Rule?

Headlines these weeks are all about Governing Malaysia under Emergency Rule and arrests, arrests, arrests...and threats of ISA.....................

Malaysians are wondering: 

QUESTION1: Is Malaysia still under Emergency Rule? and Why?


MALAYSIA News on 26 August 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: The Emergency (Public Order and Crime Prevention) Ordinance (EO) should be repealed and the country should just rely on criminal laws to prosecute criminals, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

"The EO was enacted in 1969 as a temporary measure to respond to the May 13 riots. But for nearly four decades, the government has used the law to detain criminal suspects without trial for lengthy periods as a shortcut when there is insufficient evidence," said HRW Asia division researcher Sahr MuhammedAlly today.
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MALAYSIA News 2 July 2011

• Sungai Siput MP, five PSM members held under emergency law 2011-07-02

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Police have re-arrested Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar and five other Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) members for 60 days under the Emergency Ordinance, which allows for detention without trial.


QUESTION 2: Is ISA going to be the continued rule of governing Malaysia?

• Ronnie Liu detained for Bersih links, now freed
• Malaysia arrests 14 for 'Bersih' protest T-shirts 29June2011
• Hisham says cannot rule out ISA for July 9 rallies 2011-06-26

Where is Malaysia heading to......................