Time to get rid of draconian ISA


The preamble of the Internal Security Act is crystal clear in that it (ISA) was intended to be used for violent threats to the country.

ON June 21, 1960, in the Dewan Rakyat, then Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said: “The Government has no desire whatsoever to hinder healthy democratic opposition in any way. This is a democratic country and the Government intends to maintain it as such. It is the enemies of democracy who will be detained.”

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