Muhyiddin keeps mum on Poca, Sosma status
Minister of Home Affairs Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin speaks to reporters in Putrajaya after naming the royal inquiry panel which will probe the mass graves and human trafficking in Wang Kelian on March 5, 2019. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
PUTRAJAYA, March 5 — Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today the status of one or two laws that allow for arbitrary detention will be debated in the Dewan Rakyat in two weeks’ time. Pakatan Harapan had pledged to repeal the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 and the Security Offences Act 2012 as part of a wider reform push, following criticism over provisions that allow for arbitrary detention.“It will be debated, so let’s wait for it,” he told reporters after handing over appointment letters to members of a royal inquiry that will investigate the mass graves and human trafficking camps found in Wang Kelian, Perlis, in 2015.
Muhyiddin had said during a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia annual general meeting in December that the government will retain the laws. Human rights groups and lawyers have been swift in criticising the move, accusing Pakatan Harapan of reneging on its pledge to uphold civil liberty.
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