Six laws to be amended or repealed


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PUTRAJAYA: The government is studying six laws with a view to either amending or repealing them, says Home Minister Tan Sri Muh­yiddin Yassin (pic).

The six laws are the Sedition Act 1948, Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) 1959, Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) 2015, Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, Security Off­ences (Special Measures) Act (Sos­ma) 2012 and the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

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