Malaysian Bar president Steven Thiru was among those who urged Putrajaya to withdraw tabling of the anti-terrorism law in Dewan Negara. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, April 10, 2015.Three lawyer groups have urged Putrajaya to withdraw the tabling the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 (Pota) in Dewan Negara.
Malaysian Bar president Steven Thiru, Sabah Law Association president Datuk GBB Nandy@Gaanesh and Advocates’ Association of Sarawak president Leonard Shim said the introduction of the law was an attempt to revive detention without trial.
Furthermore, they said it was a law that allowed for repeated renewals of detention and deny rights of suspected persons to due process of the law.
"Pota is clearly an attempt by the government to resurrect the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA), Restricted Residence Act 1933, Banishment Act 1959, and Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969," they said in a joint statement today.
Dewan Rakyat earlier this week passed the bill and the next stage is for Dewan Negara to debate and approve the legislation before Royal assent was obtained.
The law has to be gazetted before the home minister picks a date for it to come into force.
- TMI
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