PM: National Harmony Act to replace Sedition Act


KUALA LUMPUR: The Sedition Act 1948 will be repealed and replaced with a new National Harmony Act as part of the country's political tranformation plan, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced Wednesday.

Najib said the decision to replace the Sedition Act was made to find a mechanism to determine the best balance between ensuring every citizen's freedom of expression, and the need to handle the complex nature of the country's multi-racial and multi-religious society.

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