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MALAYA AND MALAYSIA British colonial Malaya introduced a set of ''Emergency Regulations'' in 1948 during the Malayan Emergency in response to a communist uprising. The regulations allowed the police to Arrest anybody suspected of having acted ''or being likely to act'' in a way that would threaten security without evidence or Warrant , hold them Incommunicado for investigation and Detain ing them indefinitely without the detainee ever being charged with a crime or tried in a court of law. In 1960, three years after Malaya 's independence, the Emergency was declared over. However, a new Internal Security Act (ISA) was passed in its place with much of the same powers. During parliamentary debate, Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak stated that the ISA would only be applied against the remaining communist insurgents. On its separation from Malaysia in 1965 , Singapore also retained the ISA. In practice, both countries have widely deployed the ISA to quash political opposition. Some of the better-known cases include:
The ISA remains in force in both countries. The former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed commented on the ISA during a BBC interview, "Which one would you prefer, arresting the bomber after the bomb explodes and hundreds of innocent lives are lost or arresting that bomber before the bomb explodes? Do you think we did that just for fun?" UNITED STATES See McCarran Internal Security Act . |
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