Got questions about Pastor Koh, Amri task force? Ask home minister, says law minister
Faced with a barrage of questions on the legal provisions for the task force’s set-up and its scope following criticism from several civil societies, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said the Home Ministry has full jurisdiction on the matter. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
Faced with a barrage of questions on the legal provisions for the task force’s set-up and its scope following criticism from several civil societies, the de facto minister said the Home Ministry has full jurisdiction on the matter. “It is already set up and you have to wait for them to complete their investigations. That’s all I can say on the matter,” he added.
Lawyer M. Visvanathan who chairs a group called Eliminating Death and Abuse in Custody claimed the task force lacks legal jurisdiction to pursue the investigations based on the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia’s damning finding in April that the police played a role in Koh’s and Amri’s disappearances.
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