Several Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees have ended their hunger strike after being compelled to by Kamunting detention camp authorities.

According to the Abolish the ISA Movement president Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, this was confirmed by its team of lawyers who visited the detainees yesterday.

“Our lawyer said all the detainees were harassed by the authorities by means of solitary confinement in a small room with poor ventilation and without a fan.

“This condition has been attributed to their ending of the hunger strike,” said Syed Ibrahim in a press release today.

Over the past two weeks, 10 detainees have embarked on a hunger strike in protest against their incarceration.

Some of the hunger strikers claim that they were assaulted by prison personnel. At least one person has been hospitalised due to the strike and later discharged.

The detainees are asking for release or at least be charged in open court. They are also protesting against their detention because the government had pledged to abolish the ISA.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has thus far mocked the hunger strike, stating that it was the detainees’ choice and that he would prefer “lamb chops” for a meal when confronted on the matter by Twitter users.

Syed Ibrahim said Hishammuddin’s comments were a sign of arrogance and accused him of failing to keep to his religious obligations.

“GMI believes that Hishammuddin have forgotten god’s words in the Quran which ordered all Muslims to perform their duties fairly and with compassion,” he said.

Syed Ibrahim said that despite the hunger strike coming to an end, GMI will continue to seek the release of all ISA detainees.