COMMENT | Use of Sosma sends wrong message to promise of reform

COMMENT | It was reported that a statement by Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain indicated a total of 34 people detained in connection with the ongoing investigation into Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB), will be rearrested under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) once their remand order expires.

The arrest is in connection with the investigation under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Atipsom) Act.

The IGP further stated that investigations showed that GISBH allegedly practised the banned Aurad Muhammadiah doctrine and its members were obsessed with worshipping the group’s leaders until they twisted real Islamic teachings.

I pen this article with this caveat. This article never questions the power of our police to arrest or detain...