With the change in guard looming in October, there are great hopes that some things will change, and that some things don't. I, for one, am hoping that the issues surrounding the ISA would be high on Pak Lah's agenda as things to strike out of the national modus operandi.
High on the priority of today's news: The ISA may be used against rice smugglers, if the police deems that the smuggling constitutes national sabotage.
I'm not defending the unscrupulous opportunists who ferry Thai rice across the borders, much to the detriment of our local rice industry, but isn't there a more appropriate law that can be applied? Will we allow our legislative system to be complacent and use the ISA as a cure-all to bad government?
In the same paper today, the ISA has been applied to wife of suspected terrorist, Hambali.
We're on a roll here, aren't we?
Related:
1. The ISA in summary
2. Amnesty International on the ISA
3. From my archives: Human Rights and Human Wrongs
ISA is very easy to be abused. Can't charge someone under any other laws? Deem him/her a threat to national security and wallah!! ISA comes to the rescue!!!
Posted by: khalilur at 2003年08月19日 13:56sebelum pak lah naik, orang harapkan perubahan berlaku. tapi lepas pak lah naik, kurang lebih sama saja. bukan soal sama ada isa akan dihapuskan atau sekurang2nya tak digunakan, tapi dah jadi soal luas mana ia akan digunakan.
manusia bila kuasa jadi tujuan utama, dia akan mabuk kuasa. bila dia mabuk kuasa, dia akan pertahankan kuasa tu. by hook atau by crook.
Posted by: nazmi at 2003年08月23日 13:07Sememangnya ISA satu akta yang menzalimi manusia. Menafikan yang hak dengan cara yang amat mudah, dan amat bacul. Berikan keadilan kepada tertuduh membuktikan kebenaran mereka. Jangan dinafikan hak mereka untuk membela diri.Setiap insan berhak terhadap hak mereka.Akta ini bercanggah dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia. Dan saya beranggapan ianya wajar dimansuhkan.
Posted by: red at 2003年09月30日 12:56