Rationale for dawn raids


MANY well-meaning and sympathetic Malaysians are questioning the necessity of dawn police raids on persons who are not an immediate danger to the public or an obvious flight risk.

Such raids, largely inspired and endorsed by the London Metropolitan Police, are carried out for two main reasons.

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