WORLD BRIEFING / MALAYSIA
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Prime Minister Najib Razak, in his first act after taking office, freed 13 people being held under a law that allows indefinite detention and lifted a ban on two opposition newspapers.
“These decisions are timely as we move to enhance the confidence of our citizens in those entrusted with maintaining peace, law and order,” Najib said on national television hours after taking office.
Those freed are two ethnic Indian activists who were arrested in December 2007 for leading an anti-government campaign, three foreigners and eight suspected Islamic militants, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar announced.
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