Dr M: I wanted to abolish ISA in 1987


PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) has stuck by his previous assertion that he wanted to abolish the Internal Security Act (ISA) during the time of Operasi Lalang.

The former prime minister, in an interview with an online news portal recently, said that it was the police who insisted on retaining the ISA, and proceeded to arrest 106 people under the law in 1987.

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