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Monday November 22, 2010
High life of the banished to be cut short
By VANES DEVINDRAN
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KUCHING: Those who have been banished but still living the high life in Sarawak will soon come under the scrutiny of the Home Ministry. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he would be getting relevant agencies to come down hard on those who were supposed to be lying low while serving their sentences.
“I understand some of them are still driving around in tinted cars and living well and comfortable. “Well, we will soon put a stop to this but I can’t tell you how or where we are going to target. “What’s important is we take action against them,” he told reporters after closing the meet-the-client event for agencies under his ministry at Kampung Boyan here yesterday.
He said he had also received complaints from some elected representatives whose constituencies, such as Kapit and Limbang, were used as restricted residence zone. Earlier, Hishammuddin said that the Banishment Act 1959 (Revised 1972) and Restricted Residence Act 1933 were just part of the five statutes that were being considered for amendments or possibly scrapped.
The other statutes are the Prevention of Crime Act 1959, Section 27 of the Police Act 1960 (relating to staging of assemblies without a permit), Dangerous Drugs Act (Special Preventive Measures) 1985 and Emergency Ordinance (Public Order and Crime Prevention) 1969. The Internal Security Act (ISA) is also considered under these.
