KUALA LUMPUR: Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees should be given access to legal counsel and produced before a magistrate within 24 hours of their arrest in accordance with the Federal Constitution, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) said.
Suhakam vice-chairman Tan Sri Harun Mahmud Hashim said this would not impede police investigation.
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