MP SPEAKS On July 11, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he would present full statistics from a study on crime during the next sitting of Parliament, to justify the need to revive the Emergency Ordinance (EO), which would allow the police to place suspects under detention without trial for two years.

He said: “I obtained statistics which were derived empirically that, in Selangor, 90 percent of organised crimes were carried out by ex-detainees who were released from Simpang Renggam where they were held under the EO. I will present the statistics and the study in the Dewan Rakyat (during) the September (sitting), to prove the need for the EO.”

When pressed again for statistics and evidence last week, Zahid continued to insist that he had the figures in hand but urged continued patience before he made these public.