Tuesday, 7 April 2015

TODAY

This was an article contribution by Associate Professor Bilveer Singh from the Department of Political Science at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in which he discussed the introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) by Malaysia to deal with the growing threat of the transnational Islamic State and other forms of terrorism. Assoc Prof Singh opined that preventive detention laws enhance public security but must be prudently exercised with effective checks and balances to ensure non-abuse — with the public as the best judge whether abuses have taken place or not.