A matter of trial and error

The new Security Offences (Special Measures) Act is arguably imperfect, but the timing of its conception cannot be more perfect for the new generation of Malaysia, says de facto Law Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.

MANY took it as lipservice when the Prime Minister announced the repeal of the controversial ISA in his Malaysia Day speech last year. Others were even more sceptical when he said that the Government would replace it with new laws more in keeping with the principles of human rights. But seven months later, it happened. The dreaded ISA has been repealed and replaced with a new law and amendments to the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act.