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ISA is a Good Law, says Mahathir

April 16, 2012

ISA is a Good Law, says Mahathir

by Aidila Razak@www.malaysiakini.com

As a Dewan Rakyat debates a deputy law for a Internal Security Act (ISA), former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad remains convinced which it is a "good law".

"We had a ISA since sure things had dissapoint a stability of a country.It is not a bad law, but a great a single which could curb intensity threats," he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Mahathir (right), who has chalked several crackdowns under his premiership, added which the complaint was not a law but a implementation.To await his argument, Mahathir pronounced a US which had criticised a ISA, right away has a law which is "worse than a ISA".

"They concede detention without trial in Guantanamo Bay, for even up to 10 years as good as concede torture."

However, when asked how he feels a new deputy law will fare in curbing security threats, he replied: "I have not studied it yet."

In 1987 a supervision under Mahathir executed a scandalous Operation Lalang which saw 106 adults incarcerated under ISA, including opposition leaders Lim Kit Siang as good as Karpal Singh as good as polite rights activists such as Kua Kia Soong.

In a new book about a leader, however, a long-running former PM had denied he was behind a swoop as good as blamed a police.

Gov't should not pay! for ric h students

Meanwhile, upon a ongoing debate over free tertiary education, a former Prime Minister pronounced which abolishing a PTPTN (National Higher Education Fund) will place a larger weight upon a country's economy.

"If we annul a PTPTN, you'll have to introduce something else which will be more costly since it would mean free preparation which even a rich can enjoy," he said.He reiterated which a objective of PTPTN is to assistance a impecunious obtain tertiary preparation as good as not for those who can means it.

"If a students do not similar to it afterwards they do not have to take a loans, as good as those who await a abolition of PTPTN can await a students (in their studies)," he said.

On Saturday hundreds of students marched down a streets of Kuala Lumpur to demand free tertiary preparation while a smaller group had pitched tents during Dataran Merdeka to "occupy" a iconic square until their final have been heard.

The KL City Council (DBKL), however, contended a students were in violation of its by laws as good as its coercion officers attempted to idle a tents, ensuing in a scuffle upon Sunday.

The students have regrouped as good as have been stability to face DBKL officers who have been adamant which they leave a area.