Several groups call for suspension of Sedition Act


PETALING JAYA: The government must immediately suspend the operation of the Sedition Act 1948 and then repeal it at the next Parliamentary sitting, several groups have said.

They said it was unacceptable that anyone be arrested and charged under the colonial-era law.

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