This includes two 17-year-old boys arrested at their homes in Alor Setar and Langkawi on Feb 15, 2026, and reportedly held at Bukit Aman for more than two weeks.
The arrest of children at home and their continued detention under a security statute raise serious questions as to whether the correct legal framework is being applied.
Sosma was enacted as a special procedural law for serious security offences. It provides extended detention powers and modified safeguards intended for exceptional adult cases, including detention for investigation under Section 4, which may be extended up to 28 days. It was not designed as a...