馬來西亞開始執行新安全法

New security laws went into effect Monday in Malaysia.

Critics say the new measures give Prime Minister Najib Razak sweeping emergency powers which could be used to trample on human rights.

The new law enables Najib to suspend civil liberties whenever he believes there is a security threat.

Josef Benedict, Amnesty International's deputy director for South East Asia and the Pacific, said ". . . the government now has spurned checks and assumed potentially abusive power."

The United Nations human rights regional office said it was "gravely concerned" that the laws may encourage human rights violations and lead to "unjust restrictions" on free speech and assembly.

The new legislation was passed as the prime minister is embroiled in a corruption scandal. Critics see the new laws as a way for Najib to hold on to power.馬來西亞星期一開始實施新的安全法。

批評人士說，新法給予納吉布總理廣泛的緊急授權，它有可能被用來踐踏人權。

新法允許納吉布在他認爲存在安全威脅的任何情況下暫停公民自由。

國際特赦組織東南亞和太平洋區域副主任班奈迪克特說：“政府現在摒棄了制約，有可能濫用權力。”

聯合國人權區域辦事處說，它對這個法律有可能縱容侵犯人權，導致“不公正地限制”言論和集會自由的情況發生表示“嚴重關切”。

新法律的通過正值納吉布總理深陷腐敗醜聞之際。批評人士把該法的實施看作是納吉布把持權力的一個手段。