How is the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) effective if it targets gang runners and not leaders, asked Ragunath Kesavan.

The Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) commissioner said those arrested under Sosma tend to be B40 Indians who are low-level runners instead of warlords or gang ringmasters.

“Why is it the runners or those lowest in the food chain that are...