Tanjong MP Ng Wei Aik claims trial to sedition charge


GEORGE TOWN: Tanjong MP Ng Wei Aik has been charged with sedition at a Sessions Court for an article he wrote titled Reformasi bermula lagi (Reformation re-emerges) in a Chinese daily early this year.

The outspoken DAP lawmaker claimed trial to the charge under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948 for the article published on Feb 10 this year.

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