Key aspects of the Sedition Act have not been relevant in modern Singapore for a long time. - ST FILE
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A law first introduced to curb local opposition to British colonial rule has been repealed after 73 years.
Key aspects of the Sedition Act have not been relevant in modern Singapore for a long time, and the law was hardly used for prosecutions, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam told Parliament as he made the case for the law to be repealed.
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