The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal by the police and government to overturn the High Court‘s decision in declaring former Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan’s 16-day detention under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca) as unlawful.

The unanimous decision was made by a three-member bench - namely Judge S Nantha Balan, See Mee Chun and Azimah Omar in an online proceeding today...