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Sunday, July 15, 2018

Penang CPO urges to keep security laws, as they help with police work


The police are not as worried about losing power to arrest suspects than they are about maintaining public peace and harmony as purportedly facilitated by existing security laws, said Penang police chief A Thaiveegan.
Met in Seberang Jaya, Penang, last night, Thaiveegan said the decision to abolish or review laws is the prerogative of the government of the day, but admitted such laws helped with police work.
"Such laws facilitated police work in keeping peace and harmony. If they remove these laws, we have to find some other way to maintain the same peace and harmony," Thaiveegan said after attending the wedding ceremony of Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy's son, R Vijaya.
He was responding to the two-month-old Pakatan Harapan government's plan to review several laws, some deem "oppressive" as they allow detention without trial or prohibit bail for suspects, such as the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012.
Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced seven "unsuitable" laws that would be studied for review were the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, Sedition Act 1948, Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca), Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 (Pota), Sosma and the mandatory death sentence.
The laws are up for review at the coming parliamentary session, which begins tomorrow.
The move was in line with Harapan's election manifesto, and since the coalition took office on May 10, it has been bombarded with calls to fulfil its manifesto promises.
Saying he is not defending such Acts, Thaiveegan said the police had basis to use such laws to help control "violence, crimes, gangsters, criminals and syndicates".
"Laws are to protect law abiding citizens. They are good people ... and they need to be protected," he added.
Thaiveegan also advised the public to ensure their family members do not engage with the police force "head on or be loggerheads" with the police.
"Would we appreciate a country that does not have criminal laws? That is the dream of every country, where everyone follow the rules and regulations," he said.
"The police are mere enforcers of the law, and once the government passes a law, there is no question, we have to enforce it, without fear or favour," he said.
Review, not abolish
Thaiveegan suggested existing laws deemed oppressive by certain quarters could be reviewed to include human rights provisions.
"It all depends on the parliamentarians. They make the changes, we follow. Everyone should play their role," he said.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation Penang chapter deputy chairperson Pulayantran Kayambu said the issue of retaining or abolishing such laws were a "sensitive matter".
"They should be reviewed, especially for those (whose victims) have been detained for 30 or 40 years.
"What if their characters have changed for the better? If we cannot abolish such laws totally, we must review it carefully," he said.
"Laws must be there to protect the country and citizens. Without laws, crime increases." - Mkini

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