KUALA LUMPUR: A person may be detained without criminal charge or trial for up to two years if proposed amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 is passed.
A proposed Section 19A under the Act also states the detention period as renewable for another two years in the interest of public order, security or crime prevention.
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