Detention without trial under the proposed amendment of Prevention of Crime Act is similar to the remand practice in developed countries like the United Kingdom and the United States.
Minister in Prime Minister's Department in charge of law Nancy Shukri, who said this pointed out that countries people always look up to had also carried out similar exercises.
"This (detention without trial) is to give time to the police to collect evidence before charging the offenders," she said while delivering her speech at a forum in Putrajaya today.
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