PETALING JAYA: Authorities should safeguard against delays and abuse of process that may cause prolonged arbitrary detention, says the National Human Rights Society (Hakam).
In welcoming the government's proposal to allow street protests to be removed as a criminal offence under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA), Hakam called for several other provisions within the Act to also be repealed or amended.
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