Ibrahim J:

In the Court below Dato' David Marshall with KL Devaser and Ranjit Singh appeared for the applicant; and Dato' Mohamed Salleh bin Abas (Solicitor- General) and Ajaib Singh (Senior Federal Counsel) appeared for the respondent. Ibrahim J delivered the following judgment on 23 November 1968:

JUDGMENT

Ibrahim J:

This is an application made under Ch XXXVI of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 6) and Art. 5 (2) of the Constitution for an order that a writ of habeas corpus be issued to direct the respondent to produce the applicant before this Court and to show cause as to why the applicant should not be set at liberty forthwith on the grounds shown in the affidavit filed in support thereof.

The applicant was detained pursuant to an order made under s. 8 (1) (a) of the Internal Security Act No. 18 of 1960 and as required by s. 11 (1) of the said Act a copy of the order was served on the applicant on 18 May 1967. The order is in the following terms:

INTERNAL SECURITY ACT 1960

ORDER OF DETENTION

s. 8(1) (a)

To:

PEGAWAI YANG MENJAGA,

TEMPAT TAHANAN PERLINDONGAN KHAS,

BATU GAJAR

and to:

The Inspector General of Police, Royal Malaysian Police, all other police o