Home Ministry says IGP right not to classify 'cross' protest as seditious


KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry has defended the Inspector-General of Police’s decision not to classify the Taman Medan "cross" protest as an offence under the Sedition Act.

In a written reply to Gobind Singh Deo (DAP - Puchong), the ministry told the Dewan Rakyat that Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar had made the statement based on the police report lodged against the protestors.

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