U-turn on Sosma 'ironic and unprincipled', says Lawyers For Liberty


PETALING JAYA: The government should repeal the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) as it is untenable and makes a mockery of fairness in the criminal justice system, says Lawyers for Liberty director Zaid Malek.

Zaid said there is no reason or justification for the Act to exist when the Criminal Procedure Code, Evidence Act, Penal Code and other laws are adequate to handle the type of cases that are now under Sosma.

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