JUDGMENT

Suriyadi Halim Omar J:

[1] On 23 May 1995 the Honourable Datuk Megat Junid bin Megat Ayub the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malaysia received a report with the relevant information pertaining to the arrest of the applicant as provided under s 3(3)(c) of the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969 (hereinafter referred to as "the ordinance"). Having satisfied himself that the applicant threatened the security of the public within the scope of the ordinance, subsequently issued an order directing that the applicant be detained for a period of two years beginning 23 June 1995. Attached with this detention order were the grounds of the detention. In encl (17) para 7 of his affidavit the Deputy Minister affirmed that he only issued the order of detention after having been satisfied of the charges. He denied the allegation that his decision was mechanically or arbitrarily made.

[2] For easy reference I lay down the "Tuduhan-Tuduhan Yang Perintah Itu Berasaskan" which reads as follows:

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