'Loopholes in Crime Act proposals'


KUALA LUMPUR: There are insufficient safeguards in the proposed amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act, says a policy think tank.

Sedar Institute executive director Ivanpal S. Grewal said the provisions seemed to be contrary to basic human rights principles and had also retreated to the repealed Internal Security Act (ISA) and Emergency Ordinance (EO).

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