The government will conduct a postmortem on the Federal Court decision which found the 60-day detention of five reformasi activists under the Internal Security Act (ISA) as unlawful.

The issue was raised in today's weekly cabinet meeting but the ministers decided to defer discussion to wait for Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's return from overseas next week.

The discussion will be on the grounds of judgment which ruled that the police had acted in bad faith when detaining and interrogating the five during the initial detention period.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dr Rais Yatim said he will talk to Abdullah when he returns from New York on Sept 18.