Lawyers dismayed by proposed PCA amendments


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 28 Sep 2013

PETALING JAYA: The Bar Council, the Sabah Law Association and the Advocates Association of Sarawak are against the proposed amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act (PCA) 1959, especially the part on preventive detention without trial.

Bar Council president Christopher Leong said the three entities also objected to 10 other proposed pieces of legislation, including the proposed amendments to the Criminal Proce­dure Code and Evidence Act 1950.

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