Pakar undang-undang perlembagaan, Prof Dr Abdul Aziz Bari berkata Rang Undang-Undang Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-Langkah Khas) 2012 menunjukkan minda dan cara pemikiran pemimpin Umno-BN itu masih sama dengan dulu.
“Kenapa sibuk hendak ganti? Kenapa tidak mansuhkan sahaja? Ini menunjukkan mereka (Umno-BN) terdesak dan masih lagi belum sanggup untuk bebas sebagaimana dunia pertama,” katanya ketika ditemui.
Tambahnya, kerajaan pusat sepatutnya memansuhkan terus ISA dan menubuhkan satu suruhanjaya untuk mengkaji serta menyemak penindasan dan penyelewengan yang berlaku di bawah ISA sebelum ini.
“Suruhanjaya itu perlu menyiasat segala penyalahgunaan yang dilakukan Umno-BN dari hari pertama ISA diperkenalkan pada tahun 1960 dulu.
“Kerana selama ini kita melihat ISA hanya lebih kepada menindas dan sebenarnya tidak terjamin sepertimana yang didakwa oleh pemimpin Umno-BN,” katanya.
Sehubungan itu, Ahli Parlimen tidak seharusnya membuang masa bagi membahas akta itu.
“ISA diperkenalkan selepas darurat dibatalkan, jadi dari dulu hingga kini kita sebenarnya masih berada dalam keadaan darurat dan apa yang kita mahukan ianya dimansuhkan kerana sebagai rakyat kita mahukan kebebasan,” katanya.
Tambah Aziz lagi, Akta baru itu juga dilihat hanya memberi kelebihan kepada pihak polis.
Jelasnya, ianya satu lagi bukti menunjukkan polis dan Umno-BN umumnya, masih lagi tidak yakin untuk berada di dalam suasana baru.
“Mereka sebenarnya memikirkan tindakan rakyat mengancam mereka sedangkan sepatutnya kita lihat rakyat sebagai aset negara dan rakyat juga berfikiran waras dan cintakan negara.
“Rakyat tidak sepatutnya dikongkong. Ini menunjukkan perbezaan Pakatan Rakyat dan Umno-BN. Umno-Bn yang mempunyai sikap ‘dia saja yang tahu dan dia saja yang pandai’,” katanya.
Semalam, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz membentangkan Rang Undang-Undang Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-langkah khas) 2012 itu bagi mengantikan ISA.
Akta baru itu menghadkan tempoh tahanan seseorang yang disyaki melakukan kesalahan keselamatan kepada 28 hari, berbanding 60 hari di bawah ISA.
Selepas tempoh 28 hari, setiap kesalahan akan di dakwa di Mahkamah Tinggi.
Mereka yang dilepaskan akan dipasang peranti pengawasan elektronik mengikut Kanun Tatacara Jenayah.
Akta baru itu menyenaraikan empat kesalahan iaitu menyebabkan keganasan terancang terhadap orang atau harta, membangkitkan perasaan tidak setia terhadap Yang dipertua Agong, memudaratkan ketenteraman awam dan usaha mendapatkan perubahan selain dengan cara yang sah.-selangorku
Criticism grows over ISA replacement’s threat to basic rights
Putrajaya’s law to replace the Internal Security Act (ISA) has met with growing criticism over claims that it persists in denying basic liberties, just hours after being tabled in Parliament. Global civil liberties watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement this morning the Security Offences (Special Measures) Bill 2012 will “open the door to a range of future abuses” if it is passed, as expected, by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN).
DAP lawyer Gobind Singh Deo also added to criticism by his
counterparts from the Bar Council who said yesterday the Bill must be
reviewed as “counter-terrorism laws... must not usurp the very rights
and freedoms that the terrorists themselves are threatening.” HRW’s deputy Asia director Phil Robertson criticised the provision
for a 28-day detention without judicial review and added that the delay
of 48 hours before a suspect has access to a lawyer “encourages abusive
interrogations.”
“The Malaysian government is putting to rest the long-derided ISA, but it is also setting the stage for future abuses,” he said.
Robertson added that the proposed law would allow police to make an
arrest without a warrant if the officer merely “has reason to believe”
that the person may be a security threat, and gives police broad powers
to conduct searches and intercept communications without a warrant. Gobind, who is also Puchong MP, noted that the police have “total
unsupervised control over a suspect” during the 28-day detention and
there is no good reason why a suspect cannot be brought before a judge
during this time to ensure there is no physical or mental abuse on him.
The DAP central committee member also pointed out the Bill seeks to reintroduce the concept of confessions, which “has been done away with in most criminal trials as many accused have complained that statements were extracted from them during detention by improper means.”
“So, to revert back to an outdated practice would be highly questionable, especially where there will be no access to court during the first 28 days of detention during which time severe pressure would be brought to bear upon a suspect.
“What we have is essentially a trade-off. Take away ministerial power to detain without trial for two years and introduce new rules making it easier to secure convictions for offences carrying the heaviest of penalties,” he said.
The ISA replacement law was tabled in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday, removing the government’s option to detain individuals without trial and providing a maximum detention of 28 days for investigation purposes. Under the ISA, an individual believed to have committed a security offence can be detained for up to two years without trial, on orders from the home minister.
The Bill seeks to provide for “special measures” relating to security
offences for the purpose of maintaining public order and security and
for connected matters. The new law also notably states that no individual can be arrested
solely for his political belief or any political activity, as promised
by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak last year when announcing a
raft of reforms aimed at increasing civil liberties.
But the Bill, the first of two laws that will replace the ISA, still
allows the police to arrest and detain “any person whom he has reason to
believe to be involved in security offences” without warrant for 24
hours for investigation.
This led the Malaysian Bar to call for a review of the law which allows a summary of evidence to build a case, as opposed to the evidence itself and gives police power to detain for 28 days and intercept communications without judicial oversight.
“The radical departure from the ordinary rules of evidence may negatively impact on the accused’s right to a fair trial,” Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee said in a statement.
He also noted the Bill’s definition of security offences under Section 3 was “too wide” and urged the government to use a more precise one, as can be found in the UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.- malaysian insider
ISA replacement tabled
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