SUHAKAM vice-chairman Simon Sipaun is hoping that the proposed review of the Internal Security Act (ISA) would take into account the body’s recommendations that were submitted in 2003, Makkal Osai reported.
He said the body’s main recommendation is for the ISA to be repealed, not reviewed, because it has been irrelevant since the end of the communist terrorist threat in 1960.
The ISA, he said, had to be replaced with a law that addressed the question of national security with reference to global terrorism and its implications on the country’s economy.
Simon added that Suhakam was in danger of being downgraded by the United Nations for not complying with the Paris Declaration that sets minimum standards for national human rights bodies to uphold.
Suhakam’s greatest fear, he said, is that the proposed parliamentary review of the Act next month will merely see cosmetic changes on the duration of detention and leave the rest of the Act untouched.
> The Indian community has been urged to form cooperatives in various sectors to get more dividends, reported Tamil Nesan.
Johor MIC chief Datuk K. S. Balakrishnan was quoted as saying that the party would help those interested to start cooperatives.
> Malaysia Nanban quoted Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) president Datuk K. S. Nallakaruppan as asking Indian voters to support the Barisan Nasional in the Oct 11 Bagan Pinang by-election.
He said only the Barisan could give the Indian community the necessary benefits.
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