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Malaysia's human rights panel objects to use of Internal Security Act
Malaysia's officially sanctioned human rights panel has objected to authorities' persistent use of laws allowing detention without trial to tackle suspected Islamic militants.
Police rounded up 14 Muslim militant suspects this week, bringing to 62 the number held under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of belonging to Islamic groups plotting to overthrow the government.
But the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia maintains arrests are wrong.
The Commission was set up two years ago by the government and its panel consists of retired judges, rights activists and former politicians.
It reports to parliament, but has no power to prosecute.
The Commission maintains that detention without trial constitutes a human rights violation.
Under the Internal Security Act, police can arrest anyone deemed a security risk and hold them without trial or incommunicado for 60 days.
19/04/2002 23:02:13 | ABC Radio Australia News
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