Safeguards to be incorporated in Security Offences Bill

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced on Monday that the government has decided on seven safeguards to be incorporated in the Security Offences Bill 2012.

Making the announcement in the parliament he briefed about the safeguards and said that most importantly, with implementation of these safeguards, no individual can be taken into custody merely on the basis of his/her political activities and beliefs.

He said, “According to the provision under Section 4 Sub-Section 3, no one can be arrested and detained under this section merely for his political belief or political activities. This gives the meaning of protection to involvement in activities that is legal under the law through the expression of opinion or action taken according to the principles of a political party which was registered at the particular time under the Societies Act 1966 (Act 335).”

Speaking about the safeguards in detail, Razak gave concluding remarks on his speech in the parliament and said, “The final and biggest safeguard was the power and aspiration of the people. We should know that the people are the ones who have the power to decide, once in every five years, which party should be given the mandate to govern as this is the thrust of the system of parliamentary democracy. The tabling of the Security Offences Bill 2012 does not mean the end of the efforts started seven months ago. The government will certainly continue the efforts towards noble political change and transformation.”

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