Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012
The Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, (SOSMA Act 2012) (Malay: Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-Langkah Khas) 2012) is "to provide for special measures relating to security offences for the purpose of maintaining public order and security and for connected matters". The Act is to replace the 1960 Internal Security Act (Malaysia). The Act was approved in Parliament on 17 April 2012, given the Royal Assent on 18 June 2012 and Gazetted on 22 June 2012. [1] This act may carry the death penalty to the perpetrators.
Arrests Under the Act
Three people, including former ISA detainees Yazid Sufaat, Halimah Hussein and Mohd Hilmi Hasim, were the first ever detained under SOSMA in 2013. They were arrested for alleged incitement of terrorist acts.[2] Following the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, 104 Filipinos with suspected links to Jamalul Kiram III, one of the claimants to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu, were detained under SOSMA. These included several family members of Kiram who had entered the state of Sabah using false identities.[3]
References
- ↑ "Security Offences (Special Measures) Act" Retrieved 11 February 2013
- ↑ "Detention of trio under Security Offences Act has global impact". New Straits Times. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ Radzi Razak (17 March 2013). "Kiram's family members among 104 detained under SOSMA". The Sun Daily. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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