By Lisa J. Ariffin
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 Suhakam is set to encounter the Attorney-General (AG) currently to lobby which new legislations to follow the approaching dissolution of the Internal Security Act (ISA) have been compliant with ubiquitous tellurian rights principles as well as norms.
"In 2003, Suhakam put forward 6 suggestions for the dissolution of ISA as well as goal the supervision will cruise these (recommendations) in the new laws in place of ISA. Today, the AG has concluded to encounter us to cruise these points," Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam) chairperman Tan Sri Hasmy Agam told reporters today.
"We will encounter this afternoon during the AG's office," he added.
In 2003, the tellurian rights group proposed the ISA should be repealed as well as which any new inhabitant confidence law in the place contingency enclose 6 tellurian rights provisions, among them:
The police might catch the chairman for the purposes of investigations upon in accord with grounds
Detention of the chairman might be for the limit duration of twenty-four hours, after which the chairman contingency be produced prior to the High Court judge
If there is comprehensive need to catch the chairman for some-more than twenty-four hours, an order by the High Court decider contingency be sought
The High Court decider might order serve detention of the chairman for limit periods of seven days any time, supposing the chairman is not incarcerated for some-more than twenty-nine days in total from. The date of arrest
Upon twenty-nine days, the chairman contingency possibly by released or charged with the single of the designated offences; Individuals arrested, incarcerated or charged for the single of the offences should not be allowed bail
Hasmy pronounced he was certain of the assembly currently as well as hoped the supervision will! cruise the proposals put forward by Suhakam.
"Suhakam understands which there might be circumstances which might need detention without trials, such as where there is the threat to inhabitant security," he said.
"However, there contingency be safeguards to safeguard which the civil liberties as well as tellurian rights of the detainee as enshrined under our sovereign constitution as well as the concept stipulation of tellurian rights have been not violated."
Last week, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak pronounced the Internal Security Act (ISA) will be repealed in March after dual replacement laws have been drafted.
The budding minister had announced the raft of reforms together with the lifting of 3 states of emergency in his Malaysia Day address, as well as vowed to give Malaysians larger liberties.
Najib came to power in April 2009 with the guarantee of reviewing the ISA but motionless upon doing away with the confidence law which critics say has been abused by Barisan Nasional (BN) for domestic purposes.
Along with the parliamentary name committee upon electoral reforms, the dissolution of the ISA appear to be key concessions by Najib in the extreme pierce to win behind center Malaysia prior to the ubiquitous choosing approaching within the year.
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