KUALA LUMPUR, 17 April 2009: Three individuals were arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) even as 13 detainees were released by new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. However, according to the Anti-ISA Movement or Gabungan Mansuh ISA (GMI), the arrests were not ordered by Najib’s administration as at least two were made prior […]
Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969
Not just ISA
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 17 April 2009: Even though the focus has been on the Internal Security Act (ISA), civil society groups and a think tank say there are two other laws that also allow the state to detain someone without trial. Suaram coordinator Nalini Elumalai said the two other laws were the Emergency (Public Order and […]
