Kuala Lampur, Feb. 14 -- After justifying the keeping of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) in Parliament on Thursday (Feb 13), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reportedly directed Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution to review and "improve" Sosma, a law that human rights groups have described as draconian.

Let's be clear that Sosma has been described as draconian by not just human rights groups, but members of the Madani government.

One of them is Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo. He was Selangor DAP chairman when he criticised Saifuddin as the latter attempted to justify Sosma by saying it allowed judicial oversight unlike preventive detention laws such as the Internal Security Act (ISA) and t...