PUTRAJAYA: The two new laws that will be replacing the Internal Security Act (ISA) will not affect the ability of the police to maintain the nation's security.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the most important thing for the new laws would be to strengthen the country's security.
"The rehabilitation process is a strength that is still needed, and I believe that it will not be touched," he said yesterday.
Hishammuddin was speaking after meeting Malay rights group Perkasa, which handed over a memorandum on security reforms in the country.
On the meeting with Perkasa, he said there was nothing wrong with it.
"We have been engaging the Bar Council when looking at the changes to security laws as promised by the prime minister. There is nothing peculiar about meeting Perkasa as it is important for them to understand that we are going forward."
In fact, he said the meeting was part of the government's engagement of interest groups so that the law reforms could be explained to everyone.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had, in a Malaysia Day message, announced that the ISA would be abolished and two new laws would be formulated to preserve the peace in the country.
Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said the organisation had proposed that a committee be formed to decide on the detention without trial of individuals as it would be more effective compared with lengthy court battles. He said the committee should include the inspector-general of police and the attorney-general.
Ibrahim said the movement also wants the preventive elements in the ISA, which had become an instrument for the police in checking subversive activities in the country all this while, to be retained.
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