Suhakam's ISA report to go to Home Ministry first

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The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) announced today it has completed the report on its inquiry on the conditions of detention under the Internal Security Act and will submit it to the Home Ministry soon.

Suhakam chairperson Abu Talib Othman said the commission's law reform working group had also wrapped up its review on the ISA.

"We will submit these reports to the Home Ministry shortly for their consideration and necessary action.

"We hope to be able to release them to the public subsequently," he said when speaking at a forum organised by Suhakam titled Human Rights Post Sept 11 at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

The long-awaited reports stemmed from two Suhakam initiatives carried out in response to public complaints related to the ISA.

The commission's review of the security law commenced two years ago under the leadership of former commissioner and head of the law reform working group, Mehrun Siraj.

In June, a team of commissioners launched a public inquiry into the conditions of ISA detentions and interviewed some 30 detainees at the Kamunting detention camp in Perak during the three-day fact finding mission.

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