Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian government on Monday tabled a tough anti-terrorism bill to deal with what is seen as the growing domestic threat of extremism linked to groups such as the Islamic State.
The prevention of terrorism bill provides for stiffer sentences and the detention of terrorism suspects without trial for up to two years, a measure critics have condemned as infringing basic rights.
"According to Section 17(5), these two years can be renewed indefinitely every two years and Section 19 allows no judicial review or habeas corpus," opposition parliamentarian Wong Chen said at a press conference.