PUTRAJAYA, Oct 8 — In its effort to review the Internal Security Act (ISA), the government is carrying out a comparative study of the preventive laws in 18 countries including the United States, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said today.
He said the other countries were Singapore, Australia, Tanzania, Brunei, India, Britain, Thailand, Bangladesh, Ireland, Ghana, Uganda, Timor Leste, South Korea, Macau, Bahrain and Sri Lanka.
The preventive laws of the US being looked at were the Patriot Act 2001 and the Homeland Security Act 2002, he told reporters.
Abu Seman said the ISA would be amended in accordance with the country's model.
He also said that non-governmental organisations, academicians and the public with whom the ministry had held discussions did not want the ISA to be repealed. — Bernama
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We use ISA to arrest a reporter in order to protect her.
Soon, we will be using a terrorist Act to do the same.
What we need is a new gov that uphold the law and not abusing it for political gain.
I continue to have my doubt with this gov Whatever new name or form you wanna to call it.