Prime Minister Najib Razak will unveil plans to ease curbs on civil liberties, an official source said, bowing to a key opposition demand as speculation over snap polls mounts. He will unveil plans to ease curbs on civil liberties, an official source said, bowing to a key opposition demand as speculation over snap polls mounts.
He will announce long-awaited plans to amend the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows detention without trial, and relax press and assembly restrictions, a government official familiar with the plans.
Najib, whose government was widely criticised for forcefully quashing a July rally by the opposition and civil society groups for electoral reform, will make the announcements in an 8.45pm speech.
The ISA has long been a hot-button issue in this country, whose critics say it is abused by the long-ruling government's party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), to silence dissent.
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