51.   House Speaker Robinson Nabulyato, described by The Post as a grandmother with skirts who protected ruling party lawmakers, ordered their indefinite detention for contempt of parliament.

52.   However, the U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled that indefinite detentions were unconstitutional.

53.   Human rights organizations frequently criticize a Malaysian law that allows indefinite detention of political and other prisoners without trial.

54.   In December, parliament abolished colonial-era laws permitting indefinite detention of individuals without trial and curtailed freedom of speech and assembly.

55.   In addition to amending the Special Disturbances Tribunal, the government said it was relaxing a law that permitted indefinite detention without court appearances.

56.   In both Malaysia and Singapore, the suspects are being held under tough security laws which allow for indefinite detention without trial.

57.   Independent Malaysia retained the law which allows for indefinite detention without trial.

58.   It allows indefinite detention without trial for people the government decides threaten national security.

59.   It allows indefinite detention without trial of anyone suspected of sedition.

60.   It allows for indefinite detention without trial and has been the target of widespread criticism by human rights organizations.