SO united and vociferous were Umno members in their support for the Sedition Act 1948 that the general assembly almost became a single-issue meeting.
That was why Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak – “being accountable to the party and its members” – chose to announce the decision to retain and strengthen the Act at the assembly rather than at the Dewan Rakyat.
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