Let ‘terror suspects’ face fair trial, says group
Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture calls
for release of those detained without trial and repeal of laws allowing
for detention without trial.
PETALING JAYA: A lobby group has called for “terrorism suspects” to
face a fair trial and for the release of all those being detained
without trial under various detention orders.
This included the 15 people arrested last week for investigations
into the grenade bombing of a nightspot in Puchong, in which eight
people were injured.
The organisation, Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture
(MADPET) , said detention without trial was against the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
MADPET spokesman Charles Hector said a foreign newspaper report had
said that more than 160 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic
State network had been detained in Malaysia in the past two years.
Hector urged the government to give details on the number of people
being detained without trial, and those subjected to police restriction
orders.
He said a fair trial was the best way of separating the guilty from
the innocent and protecting against injustice, and also prevented abuse
of power by officials, and a lackadaisical attitude in law enforcement
authorities.
“The failure to charge and prosecute in open court also raises the
concern that there really is no sufficient evidence, if any, to prove
the person guilty,” he said.
All “suspects” arrested so far should be accorded all their rights,
among them the right to a lawyer, and the right to a fair trial, Hector
said, and the government should repeal all laws that provided for
detention without trial, including the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015. - FMT, 9/7/2016
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