Dr M: With ISA gone, people are unafraid to lie

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamed believes that the repeal of the ISA creates a carnival of lies, as the lack of possible punishment makes people bolder.

“Now that we have abolished ISA, people are now cheering. People now are freer to tell lies and do all kinds of nasty things,” he said at a talk in Seri Kembangan last night at an event commemorating Vision 2020.

In his talk titled, ‘The last lap of Vision 2020, can we achieve it?’ Mahathir lamented that “when they were not facing problems, they had no need for the ISA”.

“But when they are faced with terror attacks, they did not hesitate to arrest people and detain them in Guantanamo Bay, even torture them,” he continued.

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