Suhakam: Don't use Sosma to stifle political expression


PETALING JAYA: Preventive detention laws in Malaysia such as the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012 were enacted to address terrorism concerns, said the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam). 

"The Commission is perturbed that the broad characterisation of "security offences under Sosma now suggests that its ambit extends beyond terrorism offences, contradicting the Prime Minister's guarantee in 2011 that no individual will be arrested merely on the point of political ideology," said its acting chairman Datuk Dr. Khaw Lake Tee in a statement on Monday. 

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