Table Sosma amendments by July, govt urged

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Suaram executive director Sevan Doraisamy also says the special committee reviewing the Act must include non-government stakeholders.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/19/table-sosma-amendments-by-july-govt-urged/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Sosma #SUARAM #SevanDoraisamy

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00:00Suara Rakyat Malaysia has urged the government to table the proposed amendments to the Security

00:06Offences Special Measures Act 2012, or SOSMA, in the July parliamentary sitting without

00:12further delay.

00:13Suara, my executive director, Sivan Doraisamy, also said the NGO agreed that a special committee

00:19be established to refine the amendments.

00:22However, he said it was crucial for the committee to include non-government stakeholders such

00:27as criminologists and civil society organisations.

00:31Sivan also called for due process safeguards, such as evidentiary standards, to be reviewed

00:36to ensure fair trial rights were strengthened for detainees.

00:40Earlier today, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced in the Dewan Rakyat that

00:45the government would review the bail and 28-day detention period for SOSMA.

00:49He said a special committee would review these items, with findings to be presented in the

00:54upcoming Dewan Rakyat session from June 23 to July 31.

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