Comments : ISA and the detention without trial laws should be abolished. If a person has committed an offence, he/she should be charged and given fair trial in the Open Court. ISA and detention without trial laws does not give rights to those detained to defend themselves - and all depends on police discretion (for the first 60 days of detention) and then the Minister who has the authority to issue a detention order of 2 years each time for a period as wished by the Minister. You cannot challenge the justification of detention in court - hence, the power can be easily abused and there is no such check and balance.

Many who cannot understand the cruelty and injustice of these laws that they, their family members or acquaintances become victims of.

Those detained under the ISA are currently small in numbers but those who are still detained under the detention without trial laws are still in thousands.

Abolish ISA and all detention without trial laws. Nobody should be denied of their freedom without having first proven guilty in court, where there is a right to defend themselves.

Comments : As a citizen of Malaysia and neutral in politic, of course I want see one day the personal liberties of Malaysiana to be established as stated under the Federal Constitution.  I also desire for the law to truthfully protect and govern the country's securities . For me, ISA should not be abolished but it should be restructured thoroughly, and ISA shall not be the special law of the country anymore. This means it shall be subject to Article 5 of the Federal Constitution and also subject to Judicial Review.  The restructure shall then be only for maintaining home security and without being misled by any individuals, political parties, enforcement agencies etc.  The government should use the Act only for security reasons and without exploiting it either to achieve individual or political interest or for any other agenda.

Comments : ISA is an old form detaining suspected criminal or people who were involved in serious crime. This internal security act was enacted back in the time where communism was seriously impacting the country. Now, in recent times, allowing ISA to take place, it is just reminding the world that Malaysia is still a communist country. Even though Malaysia is not the only country that exercises ISA, it does not mean we are viewed as politically evolved. ISA is still designed to undermine human rights, it is not a tool to protect anyone in this millennium, but politicians and athourities have used it to instrument their rights to attain their personal agenda. Of cos'at times, it is possible to detain someone who committed wrongs but it could be done in a peaceful manner. All of us are equal and we belong to the same category - human - even when sometimes we have done offensive matters, our characteristic remains the same.

Comments : ISA is still relevant till today, somehow small changes can make the ISA more appropriate and well accepted by Malaysian. There are many laws practiced by the judiciary show less effective outcomes...people with "title" are still walking tall even they have committed serious crimes or breaking rules!!!!

Comments : ISA is still needed but the law must always give room to a judicial review whether or not the ground of detention within the framework of Article 149 of the Federak Constitution and Internal Security Act. If the arrest or detention superceed the Constitution, the police or the Minister is more powerful than the Federal Constitution, written federal law and the court of law. To reduce from 60 days to 28 days does not give any impact as even in Thailand the soldiers can hold a suspect without trial for 7 days and also under British Terrorism Act, suspect could be detained without trial for 14 days. To conclude, the idea of to abolish this act completely as irrelevant because if an emergency is declared, the authority can still make written laws (without Parliament in session) similiar to ISA or even worse that it.

ISA should be abolished completely.

ANY ACT which supports detention without trial is gross injustice. If you want to deal with suspected terrorists, they should be brought to court and not detained for an indefinite time. If it is of such great importance to deal with suspected terrorists, then why don't we go ahead and deal with it instead of locking them up and detaining them and wasting public's precious resources Ideally, ISA is to be abolished, and a law that provides for trial would be the best way to handle the situation.

Comments : Talking about ISA, i think it's outdated. It's just like KGB just different letters of the alphabet. Is there Human Rights in Malaysia? I don't think so because people are afraid to open their mouth, if they do it is ISA time.Can't have any rallies, if you go to rallies this means you most one probably gonna end up in ISA. You can't ask people to wear black because that is considered 'hasutan'. Our country will not grow with this ISA, A healthy country from my point of view is a country where we can criticize whoever we want or talk about anything we want without ending up in jail. DISBAND ISA!