The detention of three people under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, or Sosma, had serious global impact, noted Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

He said, their alleged involvement in encouraging violence to threaten the public in Syria would be bared during trial in court, and the act was required to enable action against those involved.

NONE "The replacement to the Internal Security Act (ISA) is a transformation in the nation's law which prevents the public from breaking the law, without knowing the actual situation," he told reporters in Johor Bahru today.

Hishammuddin (left) , who is also Sembrong MP, was commenting on the detention of three individuals under Sosma recently. The trio were the first to be held under Sosma.

Although the detention was under Sosma, Yazid Sufaat, 49, was charged in the Ampang magistrate's court yesterday, with inciting or promoting the commission of terrorist acts under Section 130G(a) of the Penal Code.

His wife's religious teacher Halimah Hussein, 52, was charged with aiding and abetting him to promote the commission of terrorist acts under Section 130G(a) and Section 109 of the Penal Code at a house in Ampang between August and October last year.

The other, Mohd Hilmi Hasim, has been remanded and did not appear in court.

Yazid and Halimah became the first individuals to be charged under the Penal Code for alleged involvement in activities fostering violence after the ISA was abolished on July 31, last year and replaced by Sosma.

- Bernama