Claim: For those taking a thick conception of the rule of law, the existence of the Internal Security Act ("ISA"), which provides for detention without trial for people regarded by the executive as a risk to national security, is widely regarded as a breach of the rule of law doctrine, which has been the topic of considerable disagreement and debate in Singapore, largely through differing conceptions of the doctrine.
Evidence: Chapter II of Part II of the ISA, which allows for preventive detention (also known as detention without trial), is the most conspicuous feature of the Act.