This release is a continuing process, says Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
KUALA LUMPUR: About 36 people detained under the Emergency Ordinance (EO) will be released soon, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said today.
He said the decision to release them demonstrated Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s seriousness in carrying out phase two of the government’s Political Transformation Programme by revoking three emergency proclamations.
“The police and home ministry will release not fewer than 36 people who were detained under the EO.
“This is a continuing process although it basically takes six months,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby, here.
At the Dewan Rakyat sitting today, Najib tabled a motion to revoke three emergency proclamations regarded as still being effective until today.
Hishammuddin said the task of the ministry and police was to ensure that national interest and public security were safeguarded, with people’s fundamental rights taken into consideration.
“I believe the work of the ministry and police through the Political Transformation Programme will be able to ensure that peace and public security will not be threatened,” he said.
The minister said in the transformation context, all peaceful assemblies should take into consideration the views of the relevant authorities so as not to jeopardise harmony, and national and public security.
“I believe the people are able to gauge the prime minister’s seriousness in carrying out transformation,” he added.
On the detention of 14 suspected militants under the Internal Security Act (ISA), by the authorities in Tawau, Sabah, he said the investigation was still on-going.
KUALA LUMPUR: About 36 people detained under the Emergency Ordinance (EO) will be released soon, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said today.He said the decision to release them demonstrated Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s seriousness in carrying out phase two of the government’s Political Transformation Programme by revoking three emergency proclamations.
“The police and home ministry will release not fewer than 36 people who were detained under the EO.
“This is a continuing process although it basically takes six months,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby, here.
At the Dewan Rakyat sitting today, Najib tabled a motion to revoke three emergency proclamations regarded as still being effective until today.
Hishammuddin said the task of the ministry and police was to ensure that national interest and public security were safeguarded, with people’s fundamental rights taken into consideration.
“I believe the work of the ministry and police through the Political Transformation Programme will be able to ensure that peace and public security will not be threatened,” he said.
The minister said in the transformation context, all peaceful assemblies should take into consideration the views of the relevant authorities so as not to jeopardise harmony, and national and public security.
“I believe the people are able to gauge the prime minister’s seriousness in carrying out transformation,” he added.
On the detention of 14 suspected militants under the Internal Security Act (ISA), by the authorities in Tawau, Sabah, he said the investigation was still on-going.
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