Govt can again table motion in Parliament after Sosma defeat, says lawyer


PETALING JAYA: Even if the government was defeated in passing the motion to extend the enforcement of subsection 4(5) the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012 in Dewan Rakyat, it can again table a similar motion again soon, says a lawyer.

Andrew Khoo, co-chair of the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee, said that it was possible that the government may still try to introduce a motion for a shorter period of detention, perhaps 21, or 14, or seven days.

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