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Malaysia passes controversial National Security Law
Topic Started: Dec 24 2015, 12:18 PM (81 Views)
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Malaysia Passes Controversial National Security Law

The National Security Council bill is another step closer to becoming a reality.


By Prashanth Parameswaran
December 24, 2015


On December 22, the Malaysian Senate passed a controversial national security bill that the government says will strengthen its ability to counter rising threats and critics have slammed as a blow to democracy and human rights.

The National Security Council (NSC) bill, which passed Malaysia’s Lower House in early December, strengthens the existing NSC to make it more efficient and effective coordinating body to streamline policies and the country’s security strategies. But it also affords the government the ability to declare so-called “security zones,” within which authorities would have wide powers of arrest, search and seizure without a warrant. Having now passed the Senate, it only needs the assent of Malaysia’s King before becoming law.

In a speech in October, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak had argued that the NSC bill was a necessary step. Given the rise of threats from non-state actors, Najib said that there was a need to bring it on par with similar agencies in the United States, Japan, Britain and other countries. Malaysian officials, Najib said in a separate address to the United Nations in September, had already arrested over 100 citizens suspected of links to the Islamic State, with several deadly plots already foiled domestically (See: “Exclusive: US, Malaysia and the War Against the Islamic State”).

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