ISA WILL ONLY BE REPEALED ONCE NEW LAWS ARE READY

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - The two proposed new laws for national
security will have to come into force first before the Internal Security Act
(ISA) can be repealed, said Minister in the Prime Minister Department Mohamed
Nazri Abdul Aziz.

He said the government wanted to ensure that the two new acts are ready
before the the abolishment of the ISA.

He stressed that there should not be a gap between the installation of the
new laws and abolishment of the ISA so that there would be no complications,
including the need to release ISA detainees.

He told this to reporters at Parliament's lobby here on Monday.

Prime Minister Najib Razak had recently said that the motion to abolish the
ISA would be tabled in March next year.

Najib on Monday tabled motions in the Lower House of Parliament to repeal
the Banishment Act 1959 and the Restricted Residence Act 1933.