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Lavite
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posted 14 December 2006 02:38 PM      Profile for Lavite        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
From the Hindu Times:

HIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to bring an ordinance to provide for preventive detention of persons engaging in anti-social activities.

The Kerala Antisocial Activities (Prevention) Ordinance will provide for a maximum detention of six months subject to a review within 21 days of the arrest.

Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the media that the law would be used against bootleggers, fake note mafia, forest mafia and dealers of pirated compact discs (CDs), traffickers of women and drugs, hawala operators, moneylenders charging high interest rates and goons.

The Minister said that unlike the Felonious Activities (Prevention) Ordinance brought out by the previous Government, the new ordinance would have clear provisions to prevent its misuse. Public men, trade union activists and others engaged in public campaigns would be excluded from the purview of the Act.

The Deputy Inspector-General of Police or Collector could order the detention of known offenders on the basis of a report of the Superintendent of Police concerned. The detention would be reviewed within 21 days of the arrest by a committee headed by a serving or retired High Court judge. Persons qualified to be judges of the High Court would be members of the committee.

[URL=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/14/stories/2006121406000100.htm ]Link[/URL]

The Maximum detention is six months with a review within 21 days of arrest. Basically this ordanance give police the authority to act as Judge and Jury. So much for due process.


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Erik Redburn
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posted 14 December 2006 03:29 PM      Profile for Erik Redburn     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Ah yes, the myth that police state measures actually reduce crime and make the streets 'safer'. The wheels of fascism apparently grind inexorably onward everywhere, so much for a more 'liberal' regime in India. Bet Western shareholders are perfectly content though, knowing that burgeoning white collar crime will remain invisible to 'our' elected representatives.
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