JAPANESE entrepreneur and venture capitalist Joichi Ito once said, “Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.”
The Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) is one of the few pieces of legislation in Malaysia that legalises preventative detention and limits several fundamental liberties that the Federal Constitution guarantees.
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