Malaysia Security Offenses bill passed

“We welcome the amendment to the Internal Security Act and the Police Act, but we really feel that there is a lot of room for us to improve the current situation. We are really serious about improving human rights in this country…” Amnesty International’s Nora Murat said.

The new Security Offences law allows 28 days of detention without trial. Malaysians say the new law still allows abuse, as detainees are not given access to a lawyer for the first 48 hours of detention.

During the leadership of current Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his predecessor Abdullah Badawi, the ISA has been mostly used to track down militants.

The ISA was introduced during the nation’s British colonial era in the 1950s.

It became dominantly used for political purposes, mostly against social activists and political opponents under the leadership of Malaysia’s fourth Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

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