马来西亚开始执行新安全法

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.

批评人士说，新法给予纳吉布总理广泛的紧急授权，它有可能被用来践踏人权。

新法允许纳吉布在他认为存在安全威胁的任何情况下暂停公民自由。

国际特赦组织东南亚和太平洋区域副主任班奈迪克特说：“政府现在摒弃了制约，有可能滥用权力。”

联合国人权区域办事处说，它对这个法律有可能纵容侵犯人权，导致“不公正地限制”言论和集会自由的情况发生表示“严重关切”。

新法律的通过正值纳吉布总理深陷腐败丑闻之际。批评人士把该法的实施看作是纳吉布把持权力的一个手段。