#76
Posted: 14/01/2005 15:04
Human Rights Watch wrote:Since early 2001, more than 100 suspects have been arrested in Malaysia under the Internal Security Act, most of them alleged members of Jamaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaida-linked group blamed for a string of bombings that have killed hundreds of people in Southeast Asia in the past four years.
The Act allows for a 60-day interrogation period by Malaysia's Special Branch, which then makes recommendations to Prime Minister Abd Allah Ahmad Badawi, in his capacity as home minister, about whether to imprison a suspect under a two-year order, renewable indefinitely.
