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There are no political prisoners in Malaysia, says ex-IGP

There are no political prisoners in Malaysia, said former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan, who denied claims made by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and US lawyer Kimberley Motley on the status of jailed PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

“Sometimes I am puzzled how people can say that there are political prisoners in Malaysia. To me, Malaysia never had any political prisoners, even during the times of the Internal Security Act (ISA).

“If there were political prisoners, those detained under the ISA can’t run in elections, can’t be appointed as ministers, opposition leaders… they can’t... if we (Malaysia) truly had political prisoners,” Musa told a press conference at a hotel in Petaling Jaya today...

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