Repeal Sosma, rights group tells govt

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PETALING JAYA: A rights group has demanded that the government repeal the provision that denies bail under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) and restore the role of the magistrate in granting remand orders.

Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (Madpet) said it was disappointed with home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail for defending Sosma and called for the Act to be immediately repealed or significantly amended.

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Responsible govt should be able to see oppressive side of Sosma

From Hafiz Hassan

It is mind-boggling that home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail should defend the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) as it “allows the court process to take place”.

He said this was in contrast to the now-defunct Internal Security Act (ISA), which allowed for detention without trial, and the emergency ordinances (EO) which allowed for detention of up to 60 days.

Saifuddin said that at the end of the 28-day detention under section 4(5) of Sosma, there will only be two recommendations for detainees, “which is either to charge them in court or to free them”.

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PH has always been against Sosma, Gobind reminds Saifuddin

PETALING JAYA: Damansara MP Gobind Singh Deo has urged home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to reconsider his stance on the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), stating that it was at odds with the position taken by Pakatan Harapan.

The DAP deputy chairman and former minister said PH’s stance had been that Sosma is “problematic and needs to be dealt with”, adding that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in 2019 that certain parts of Sosma need to be amended as the law was deemed to be “too harsh”.

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Not reviewing Sosma a cause for concern, says Suhakam

PETALING JAYA: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is concerned over home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail’s defence of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).

Suhakam chairman Rahmat Mohamad said Section 4 of Sosma, in which arrest, detention and renewal of the detention period do not require judicial oversight, was especially worrisome.

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