Claim

Claim 980

Mahathir ordered the arrest of 106 people, including opposition politicians and human rights activists.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Mahathir ordered the arrest of 106 people, including opposition politicians and human rights activists.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: 106 arrested in October 1987
About: incident 1987-malaysia-printing-act-bars-court-review
Source: Detained Without Trial: Abuse of Internal Security Act Detainees in Malaysia
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2005-09-26

Quotation from the source

Mahathir ordered the arrest of 106 people, including human rights activists and politicians from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Islam Se Malaysia