Perak MB meets PM - The Sun

By Husna Yusop

PUTRAJAYA (April 18, 2008): Perak Mentri Besar Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for an hour today and discussed several issues related to the state, including the Anti-Security Act (ISA).

He said as the Kamunting prison where ISA detainees are placed is located in Taiping, Perak, there are many programmes and activities concerning the public which sometimes touch on the ISA.

"There are certain areas within the act which we could review and this would value add to what the Prime Minister has said in relation to the government’s move to strengthen the judiciary by setting up a Judicial Appointments Commission.

“We would like to have a re-look on certain areas in the ISA, where we can give some form of considerations or review, that’s all,” he said to reporters after an eye-to-eye meeting with Abdullah.

Asked about the premier’s response, Mohd Nizar said he said there are things to be looked into in detail in relation to the matter, adding that their discussion did not include any calls towards abolishing the ISA.

Basically, he said Abdullah accepted well the People’s Alliance government in Perak and advised them to continue with whatever is good and beneficial for the people as well as investors, including the Double Track Railway Project.

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