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Days after a three-month extension to the State of Emergency (SoE) was announced, 16 preventative detention orders were issued for people identified as being part of organised criminal activity, as crime-fighting efforts continue nationwide.
During a sitting of the Lower House on Friday, a motion to extend the SoE for a second time was passed with 27 government votes in favour and 12 opposition votes against.
The SoE was declared on July 18 and announced by Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro, who at the time said intelligence suggested that criminal gangs had formed an alliance to target government and law enforcement officials.
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