
Rights lawyer Eric Paulsen says it would be excessive to charge children under preventive laws. Pic from FMT News.
PETALING JAYA: A human rights lawyer has spoken against the detention of children under preventive laws such as the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) and the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca).
“They should be dealt with through laws that are in line with the Child Act,” said Lawyers for Liberty director Eric Paulsen in a comment on recent arrests of suspects in a police operation against the Gang 24 secret society. In the most recent arrest, three secondary school students were among the 13 suspects.
It is not clear which law is being used against the suspects.
Paulsen said the authorities could be seen as taking measures that were too extreme if they were to use Sosma or Poca against children. Read more