SUARA Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) deplores the reversal of Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s position on abolishing the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) and the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca).
The claims that Sosma and Poca provide for and guarantee the safety and security of Malaysia are insincere at best. By claiming that these laws are critical for national security, the minister is suggesting that our criminal justice system under the Criminal Procedure Code and the Penal Code that has withstood the test of time is irrelevant or incapable of addressing criminal matters or providing justice.