When the government releases the ISA detainees who should not have been detained under the ISA in the first place, Samy Vellu and his other MIC leaders praise the Prime Minister for 'showing concern and humility'.

Someone should detain those MIC leaders, lock them up, and feed them rotten food, of course. After a year, the same people who detained the MIC leaders, will release them. Will all those MIC leaders feel grateful and praise the people who released them from detention?

MIC Youth chief T Mohan hoped that Indians would now return en masse to support MIC, which indirectly means support for the BN government that detains people without trial.

Now we know how easy it is to get the support of the MIC leaders. Cage them for a substantial period of time without any necessity or a valid reason, and after their release they will behave obediently.

However, I am sure the Indian community outside of the MIC leadership does not share the same sentiment as the MIC leaders.

All those MIC leaders do not seem to know that the government who released the ISA detainees is the same government that had earlier locked them up without trial.

Only convicted criminals who are pardoned and released without serving out their full sentence need to feel grateful -- not political and social activists who should not have been detained under the ISA in the first place.

To show gratitude for being released from ISA detention is to acknowledge that the detention was actually justified.