Malaysia approves security law amid warning it could lead to dictatorship

Critics say new National Security Council bill puts unprecendented powers in the hands of the prime minister Malaysia's Parliament has approved a security law that gives sweeping security powers to a council led by the prime minister, in a move slammed by rights groups and critics as a step toward a dictatorship. The National Security Council bill was passed late Thursday by a majority vote after hours of heated debate, with opposition lawmakers voicing fears the prime minister now has power to ...