Claim

Claim 982

Malaysia's courts had shown a willingness to review the legality of Mahathir's actions and allegations against him before the 1987 restrictions on judicial review.

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

Statement: Malaysia's courts had shown a willingness to review the legality of Mahathir's actions and allegations against him before the 1987 restrictions on judicial review.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: Courts had reviewed Mahathir's conduct
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

Malaysia's courts initially expressed a willingness to review the legality of his actions, as well as allegations of corruption against Mahathir.