I refer to a Securities Offences (Special Measures ) Bill tabled today in a Dewan Rakyat which is dictated to replace a ISA 1960.
The check is repressive as well as a risk to fundamental liberties as well as a order of law. We have been appalled which a Bill is combined underneath a supplies of a draconian Article 149 of a Federal Constitution.
Security of nation - who determines as well as upon what basis
Article 149 is oppressive, unjust as well as no longer required in modern Malaysia; it should have been repealed along with a ISA 1960. The curtailment of a rakyat's simple rights underneath a check have been being finished pursuant to a deceptive statement in a preamble of a check which a confidence of a nation has been threatened. This is a groundless as well as unacceptable basement upon which to tamper with a people's liberties.
Power to catch taken from a courts as well as since to a police
Under a Bill, a period of apprehension without charge has been reduced to twenty-eight days. However a energy to catch is taken divided from a courts as well as since to a military underneath clause 4 of a bill, only as it was underneath a ISA 1960.
This is once again blatant executive apprehension by a executive which is anathema to a order of law as well as a threat to our liberties. The deficiency of judicial inspection equates to which a authorities can use a law to catch anyone opposed to them- for e.g. Bersih 3-0 or Pakatan Rakyat leaders or supporters.
Extraordin! ary powe rs since to military unnecessary
The unusual powers supposing for underneath a Bill have been unnecessary as well as harsh. There have been existing criminal laws underneath Chapter 6A of a Penal Code which have been adequate to deal with a threat of terrorism. The proviso which no a single shall be detained for political reasons is no comfort to a rakyat, as a energy to catch stays with a police.
Even if acquitted, indicted stays in apprehension until all appeals exhausted
It is additionally unfortunate which even if a indicted person is acquitted, a new Act allows continued apprehension without bail until all appeals by prosecutors have been disposed of. The indicted person could thus outlay years in detention, only similar to underneath a ISA 1960.
The check is peppered with rough supplies such non-compliance with Articles 5 as well as 9 of a Constitution; interception of communications without judicial sanction; as well as a negligence of time-honoured manners of evidence.
We call upon a Prime Minister Najib as well as a supervision towithdraw this check as well as instead deliver a check to dissolution Article 149 in its entirety.
N SURENDRAN IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PARTI KEADILAN RAKYAT
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