Source: FMT
BY ADRIAN LIM CHEE EN

Student group Challenger urges the government to restore the country’s sense of security without jeopardising the fundamental civil liberties of Malaysians. Pic taken from FMT News
On June 21, land rights activist and candidate in the Sarawak State election Bill Kayong was shot dead in Miri. The police have since claimed the case solved following the recovery of the murder weapon, despite protests claiming his death was politically motivated.
A week later on June 28, eight were injured after a grenade was thrown into a pub in Puchong. The cops have since announced the incident as the first Islamic State attack on Malaysian soil.
The very next day, another man was shot five times in an attempted murder along the KL-Seremban Highway.
On July 4, a woman and three others escaped unharmed after a gunman fired 12 bullets at her house at Taman Bukit Desa, Kuala Lumpur.
On the first day of Raya, a shooting incident took place at OUG where a businesswoman was shot dead and her daughter, critically injured.
The very same evening, two were killed and another, seriously wounded after a machete attack at Solaris Dutamas.
Yesterday, three Indonesian nationals were kidnapped off the coast of Lahad Datu.
Besides the fear for security and safety, what is also highly alarming to human rights advocates and activists is the possibility of these incidents being potentially exploited as a reason to exercise powers as outlined in the National Security Council Act. Read more →