马来西亚总理纳吉布说，该国的新反恐法是抗击他所说的伊斯兰国组织“切实”威胁的必要武器。
纳吉布星期一在为期两天的对抗暴力极端主义国际会议开始时做出上述表示。
新反恐法受到人权活动人士的抨击，因为它重新引入了以前实施了几十年的做法，允许警察不经审讯拘押嫌疑人。
纳吉布总理说，他理解维护公民自由的需要，但是指出，“在伊斯兰国组织的存在下无公民自由可言”。他说：“维护公民自由的最好办法就是确保国家安全。”
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said his country’s new anti-terrorism laws are a necessary weapon against what he said are “very real” threats by the Islamic State group.
Najib offered the defense Monday in Kuala Lumpur at the start of a two-day international conference on violent extremism.
The new laws have come under fire from human rights activists over the return of a decades-old practice that allows police to detain suspects without trial.
Najib said he understood the need to maintain civil liberties, but pointed out that “there are no civil liberties under Daesh,” using an alternative name for IS. “The best way to uphold civil liberties is to ensure the safety of the nation.”