Gobind: Repeal should be done at next sitting

CYBERJAYA, 8 Okt -- Menteri Komunikasi Dan Multimedia Gobind Singh Deo (kanan) ketika sidang media berhubung isu jenayah siber di Suruhanjaya Komunikasi & Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) hari ini. Turut kelihatan Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial Bukit Aman Datuk Seri Amar Singh Ishar Singh (tengah) dan Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) Al-Ishsal Ishak (kiri).--fotoBERNAMA (2018) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA LUMPUR: The repeal of the Sedition Act should take place during the next Parliament sitting, said Communications and Multi­media Minister Gobind Singh Deo (pic).

He said he would call for a moratorium on the act at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

“PH (Pakatan Harapan) on track to repeal Sedition Act. AG (Attorney General) working on it. Just checked again this afternoon,” he wrote on his Twitter account yesterday.

Gobind also posted a link to a news article by an online portal, which stated that lawyers were disappointed with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s alleged lack of commitment to a moratorium on the Act pending its repeal.

According to the Dewan Rakyat calendar, the House is scheduled to sit from Oct 15 to Dec 11. — Bernama