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	Internal Security Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 detaining them indefinitely without the detainee ever being charged with a crime or tried in a court of law.
		However, a new Internal Security Act (ISA) was passed in its place with much of the same powers.
		1998, Malaysia: Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrested for being a threat to national security by organizing massive demonstration after being fired from his position.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Internal_Security_Act (368 words)

	Internal Security Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Malaysia's Internal Security Act provides for preventive detention for up to two years with the possibility of renewal every two years.
		Any police officer may, without a warrant, arrest and detain anyone he has "reason to believe" has acted or likely to act in "any manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia." The act also allows for restrictions on freedom of assembly, association, and expression, freedom of movement, residence and employment.
		It was used to arrest political opponents of Mahathir in a major crackdown in 1987-88, as well as politicians in Sabah, east Malaysia, in 1990, whose party was considered a major rival to Umno.
	www.freeanwar.net /news/isa2.html (239 words)

	Statement on the Suggestion of Chief Supt. Eduardo Matillano of ISA-type Laws in the Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In Malaysia the Internal Security Act permits indefinite detention.
		Malaysia has been criticized worldwide for its Internal Security Act, and Mahathir faces strong internal dissent for his use of the law to manipulate national politics.
		The question of human rights and security is too important to be left to the hands of men such as Chief Supt. We must be very wary in this climate of security fears that the issue between terrorism and local political opposition are not blurred.
	www.iidnet.org /adv/others/2002/isa_phils.htm (383 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Malaysia to tighten security laws
		Malaysia is to strengthen its already hardline security laws which allow for indefinite detention without charge or trial.
		The Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, told the BBC that Malaysia's courts would be stopped from challenging the police and government over arrests ordered under the controversial Internal Security Act.
		The Internal Security Act already allows for suspects to be detained for up to two years without charge or trial.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/2446671.stm (384 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		INTERNAL SECURITY ACT - Part 1 [ISA] INTERNAL SECURITY ACT, 1960 (Act 82) An Act to provide for the internal security of Malaysia, preventive detention, the prevention of subversion, the suppression of organised violence against persons and property in specified areas of Malaysia, and for matters incidental thereto.
		This Act may be cited as the Internal Security Act, 1960.
		Every Advisory Board shall, for the purposes of this Act, but subject to section 16, have all the powers of a court for the summoning and examination of witnesses, the administration of oaths or affirmations, and for compelling the production of documents.
	www.law.qub.ac.uk /humanrts/emergency/malaysia/mal2.htm (1698 words)

	Malaysia: The Internal Security Act. - Amnesty International
		For decades Malaysia has received international criticism in relation to its security legislation, particularly the Internal Security Act (ISA).
		Having enacted similar security legislation in their own countries they no longer speak out for the protection of fundamental human rights in Malaysia.
		Amnesty International recognizes the duty of states to protect their populations from threats to national security; however such measures, including security legislation, should be implemented within a framework of protection for all human rights, not at their expense.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA280062003 (1317 words)

	THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA)
		Even a decision to try to be "apolitical" is a political act; it permits others in society to make the decisions that profoundly affect the health of the society without appropriate physician input.
		The national security of any country is a sensitive area, where the secrecy demanded by the executive in safeguarding security is understandable to a certain extent.
		However much the executive may assert the necessity for it to be the 'sole judge' of the requirements of national security, it is essential for the courts to be satisfied that executive power has been exercised for the genuine purposes of national security.
	www.vadscorner.com /isa.html (2547 words)

	Malaysia Today: MT-blast from the past: Thursday, May 12, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- You can be seized and imprisoned for years, without trial, behind barbed wire or in solitary confinement, under a law so dreaded that the sound of its initials, "ISA," are enough to provoke fear and silence even among the brave.
		Malaysia's system of indefinite "detention without trial" is hated and feared by many, and has been used since British colonial times to crush all opposition to whoever is in power.
		According to the law's text, the ISA is "an act to provide for the internal security of Malaysia, preventive detention, the prevention of subversion, (and) the suppression of organized violence against persons and property."
	www.malaysia-today.net /SunWDML/2005_05_12_MT_SunWDML_archive.htm (1477 words)

	Explananda: Malaysia: Detainees Abused Under Security Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Bush administration’s current support for Malaysia’s use of the Internal Security Act to detain terrorist suspects without charge or trial marks a dramatic turnaround in U.S. policy.
		European Union governments, the Japanese government, and Malaysia’s neighbors in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should be critical of the Malaysian government’s continued use of the security act.
		The Internal Security Act took on new life as an antiterror measure in August 2001, when the government detained 10 men under the security law.
	www.explananda.com /archives/000246.html (981 words)

	Asean News Network: Internal Security Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		However, a new Internal Security Act was passed in its place with much the same powers; in parliamentary debate, PM Tun Abdul Razak stated that the Act would only be applied against the remaining Communist insurgents.
		Detained under the Internal Security Act of Singapore, he was imprisoned for 23 years without trial and subsequently placed under internal exile for another 9 years when his movement was confined to the island of Sentosa.
		The Internal Security Act remains in force in both Malaysia and Singapore.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /2004/02/internal-security-act.html (812 words)

	Internal Security Act would help Indonesia fight terrorism: Lee Kuan Yew
		NDONESIA'S ability to fight terrorism is being hamstrung by the lack of a Singapore-style Internal Security Act, the city-state's founding father Lee Kuan Yew said in comments reported Tuesday, Feb 1.
		Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA) allows for people deemed a threat to the state to be detained indefinitely without trial, although their cases are reviewed by a government-appointed panel every two years.
		The government says the act was instrumental in uncovering and dismantling a JI cell in 2001 that was plotting to attack infrastructure and foreign targets in Singapore, including the US embassy.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw05/050201a2.htm (426 words)

	CNN.com - Malaysian court judges 'draconian' security act - August 6, 2001
		Six are still being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA), a hallmark of the 20-year tenure of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that allows detention without trial for up to two years.
		The case has attracted an enormous amount of attention in Malaysia because it puts the validity of the ISA, described by is detractors as cruel and draconian, to the test in the nation's highest court.
		Dzaiddin, presiding over a five-strong panel of judges, allowed lawyers acting for the police and the government more time to prepare their case, postponing appeal hearings for several weeks and without setting a new date.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/08/06/malaysia.isa (843 words)

	Scoop: Malaysia: Human Rights Under Threat
		In this context Amnesty International expressed its concerns that, in Malaysia and elsewhere, security legislation, often excessively vague and broadly-worded will to be used increasingly to criminalize peaceful activity which is entirely unrelated to politically motivated violence.
		The organization reiterated its call for the ISA to be repealed or amended so that those suspected of threatening national security have the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of law in proceedings that meet international standards of fairness, and are not subjected to torture or ill-treatment.
		According to the act, students may be imprisoned for six months and fined if they are active in any political party, society, or trade union without their university's permission.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0110/S00181.htm (2619 words)

	Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The organisations had jointly filed a communication regarding the detention in Malaysia since November 2003 of five students suspected of involvement in the activities of the Jeemah Islamiyah.
		The Internal Security Act has been widely criticised inside and outside Malaysia in the past because it allows for an indefinite detention without trial of persons for security concerns – those security concerns being defined very vaguely.
		The authorities should produce them before a competent and impartial court and present evidence of their alleged acts or release them immediately if evidence can not be provided...
	www.suaram.net /display_statement.asp?ID=96 (405 words)

	PM - Malaysia Security Scare
		GEOFF THOMPSON: It was a rare show of tolerance from Malaysia's police when a few thousand supporters of Anwar Ibrahim recently gathered in Kuala Lumpur to mark the anniversary of Anwar's sentencing for abuse of power.
		It was a watering down of the emergency laws which governed Malaysia from 1948.
		HUGH HICKLING: And then we ended up with a draft Internal Security Bill which was a kind of distillation of what was thought to be necessary out of the existing Emergency Regulations, you see.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s282497.htm (764 words)

	Women Against the Internal Securities Act
		We believe that the Internal Security Act is archaic, has been systematically used to silence criticism and political dissent and it contravenes international standards on freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial.
		The Act was first enacted in 1960 in the context of a National Emergency, and was intended for a very narrow and specific purpose, i.e.
		WAC calls upon all women's organisations and Malaysian women to oppose the Internal Security Act because it is a draconian act which violates the fundamental liberties and rights of all Malaysian citizens, both women and men.
	www.wao.org.my /news/20010509isa.htm (807 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		Burundian troops, seeking to secure their borders, intervened in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1998.
		The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact.
		Malaysia was formed in 1963 through a merging of the former British colonies of Malaya and Singapore, including the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15472 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
		The preferred weapon of this terror is the Internal Security Act (ISA), a law passed in 1960, which provides for indefinite detention without trial.
		The NJP is led by opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim, himself detained under the ISA twice, once as a student activist protesting against poverty and again in 1998 when he went against then prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, accusing him of corruption and cronyism.
		The biggest scandal of all is that, to date, none of these torturers have been brought to justice, nor have deterrent sentences been passed on them.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/GH06Ae01.html (1272 words)

	MALAYSIA: Internal Security Act subverts due process
		Aliran regrets that the authorities have chosen to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internal Security Act by deciding to place the 27 members of the Al-Ma'unah movement who allegedly took part in the recent Sauk arms heist under ISA detention.
		By detaining them under the Act, the government is only fuelling suspicion that it is only interested in justifying the existence of this colonial relic of a law.
		The Internal Security Act has for forty years now been a prime example of how to deny a country's citizens their right to a fair and open trial if suspected of a crime.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2000/337 (1582 words)

	USIS Washington File: TEXT: STATE DEPARTMENT 9/24 ON MALAYSIA INTERNAL SECURITY ACT
		Washington -- The United States is increasingly concerned by Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act to restrict the rights of assembly, free speech, and open communication, the State Department said in a September 24 statement.
		STATEMENT BY JAMES P. We are increasingly concerned by the use of the Internal Security Act to restrict the rights of assembly, free speech, and open communication in Malaysia.
		The Internal Security Act allows for detentions without trial, and is also being invoked to restrict personal freedoms.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /hyper/WF980924/epf403.htm (325 words)

	Appeal: 134 arrested at peaceful rally
		Haji Saari Haji Sungib is detained under the Internal Security Act.
		After 24 days of solitarity confinement in the police headquarters he is now moved to the maximum security Sungai Buloh Prison on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
		And to the diplomatic representative of Malaysia accredited to your country.
	www.c2o.org /malaysia/democracy/appeals/981020_appeal_ahrc_01.html (770 words)

	Abolish ISA Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) is a preventive detention law in force in Malaysia.
		The Act is an instrument maintained by the ruling government to control public life and civil society.
		These interrogation techniques and acts of torture are designed to humiliate and frighten detainees into revealing their weaknesses and breaking down their defences.
	www.suaram.net /isa/info_what_is.htm (1668 words)

	INTERNAL SECURITY ACT FOR WAYWARD CHINESE CONVERTS
		INTERNAL SECUTY ACT (ISA) FOR WAYWARD CHINESE CONVERTS *The Bill is meant to catch the Chinese converts and other non Malay converts who want to leave Islam and go back to their own religions after a divorce or out of theiur own free will.
		Still the act has the power to jail Chinese and other non Malays who refuse to repent and remain Muslims.
		(I) The act shall be cited as the "Aqidah Protection, (State of Selangor) Enactment 2000 (2) This enactment shall apply to the State of Selangor.
	www.malaysia.net /lists/sangkancil/2000-03/msg00169.html (1503 words)

	IFEX :: Malaysia threatens to use Internal Security Act and sedition laws against webmasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Beyond the facts of the controversial Screenshots postings, SEAPA is concerned that Malaysia may exploit the issue to further restrict the flow of information in the country.
		The Internet is the most viable medium for independent news and information in Malaysia, where print and broadcast journalism is controlled by state ownership, licensing rules and political intolerance of criticism.
		These new news providers are constantly pushing the boundaries of free expression in Malaysia, testing and exploiting the virtual space that Mahathir had vowed to respect.
	www.ifex.org /en/content/view/full/61781 (613 words)

	Malaysia: Detained Islamists' hunger strike highlights continued denial of right to trial
		As 16 detainees held without trial since 2001 under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA) entered their third week of hunger strike, Amnesty International again called for all ISA detainees to be charged and given a fair trial, or else to be immediately released.
		As the health of the hunger strikers is reported to be deteriorating, Amnesty International urges the authorities to ensure that all the detainees receive appropriate medical care and be given regular access to independent doctors.
		In 2003 SUHAKAM undertook a comprehensive review of the ISA and recommended that the Act be repealed and replaced with legislation that properly balanced national security and human rights concerns, particularly through the safeguard of independent judicial oversight rather than the current Advisory Board whose recommendations are non-binding.
	www.amnestyusa.org /regions/asia/document.do?id=80256DD400782B8480256E58005E4F7E (820 words)

	XminY Solidariteitsfonds - XminusY Solidarity Fund - Fondo de Solidaridad XmenosY - XmoinsY Fonds de Solidarité
		At present, however, the Act is an instrument maintained by the ruling government to suppress the opposition and to control public life and civil society in Malaysia.
		It is necessary to secure the stability of the community in the face of excesses arising from individuals exercising their freedoms to the detriment of the society at large.
		She mentioned that at present, groups operating in Malaysia are forming alliances with separatist elements in neighboring countries, which calls for strong action on the part of the government to protect the stability and unity of the country.
	www.xminy.nl /article.php?id=32&type=campaign (2747 words)

	Malaysia Today: MT-loony: The true meaning of political doublespeak
		Of course, there is not enough evidence to bring him to trial so it was necessary for Malaysia to use the Internal Security Act against him, which sensibly allows for detention without trial in situations such as this where there is not enough evidence to secure a conviction.
		Malaysia’s Internal Security Act is a preventive law, which helps ensure would-be perpetrators are detained before they can commit a crime rather than after the crime has been committed.
		What sort of PM has malaysia who can justify arresting a person for thinking (even if he is thinking of an unlawful act which may not be acted upon).
	www.malaysia-today.net /loonyMY/2005/11/true-meaning-of-political-doublespeak.htm (14390 words)

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