Books and Jomo: How Gerakbudaya’s Pak Chong rebounded from 8 years of ISA

MALAYSIANSKINI | Bouncing back from years of being detained under the infamous Internal Security Act (ISA) is no easy feat.

Long-time detainee Tan Kai Hee of the Socialist Front took an entrepreneurial leap with Hai-O Enterprise Bhd and became a multi-millionaire and philanthropist who gave back to the community in many ways.

Others such as former PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali and former DAP chairperson Karpal Singh resumed their political careers with some success, while others were still broken, having lost their health, purpose or means of living.

Chong Ton Sin, popularly known as Pak Chong, was detained at the young age of 20 in 1968 but...