They say the abolition of the law deprived police of a powerful prevention tool.
PETALING JAYA: Two prominent advocates of Malay rights have attributed today’s bombing of a Bukit Bintang nightclub to the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Perkasa President Ibrahim Ali and former information minister Zainuddin Maidin aka Zam both said today that the government, in repealing the ISA, had taken away from the police a powerful crime prevention tool.
Ibrahim, speaking to FMT, also said the government should take the incident as a warning against repealing the Sedition Act.
Zam, in an article at zamkata.blogspot.com, castigated Prime Minister Najib Razak for his decision to repeal the ISA. He said it was prompted by his desire to be seen as a champion of democracy and liberalism, especially in the eyes of western leaders.
He lamented the repeal of the ISA as the “loss of the guardian of national security”.
“Najib has destroyed a fortress built by his father and with blood and tears,” he said.
Ibrahim said the ISA’s repeal, like current calls for the repeal of the Sedition Act, represented the interest of politicians, not of the security forces.
“Today’s tragedy would not have happened if the government had been firm in keeping the ISA, as it should be firm in maintaining the Sedition Act,” he said.
Perkasa President Ibrahim Ali and former information minister Zainuddin Maidin aka Zam both said today that the government, in repealing the ISA, had taken away from the police a powerful crime prevention tool.
Ibrahim, speaking to FMT, also said the government should take the incident as a warning against repealing the Sedition Act.
Zam, in an article at zamkata.blogspot.com, castigated Prime Minister Najib Razak for his decision to repeal the ISA. He said it was prompted by his desire to be seen as a champion of democracy and liberalism, especially in the eyes of western leaders.
He lamented the repeal of the ISA as the “loss of the guardian of national security”.
“Najib has destroyed a fortress built by his father and with blood and tears,” he said.
Ibrahim said the ISA’s repeal, like current calls for the repeal of the Sedition Act, represented the interest of politicians, not of the security forces.
“Today’s tragedy would not have happened if the government had been firm in keeping the ISA, as it should be firm in maintaining the Sedition Act,” he said.
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