16/12: Government to arrest more people under ISA

The Government will soon invoke the Internal Security Act (ISA) on several other people who orchestrated or took part in illegal assemblies in the capital, said Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum.

He said all of them were involved in masterminding the unlawful gatherings with racial undertones.

“We already have their names and the police will soon arrest them,” he said after attending a meet-the-people session here yesterday.

Johari said the ISA would only be invoked if there were enough evidence of one’s involvement in activities that could threaten national security.

He said the five Hindraf leaders were detained under the ISA on Thursday because there was evidence of sedition and their involvement in activities that threatened national security. – Bernama