KUALA LUMPUR: The Sedition Act is here to stay, says Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah.
This, the Deputy Home Minister, said is to preserve public order and security.
Shamsul said the Home Ministry had conducted a study to determine whether there is a need to amend the Sedition Act so that it is in line with current times, and digitalisation.
The ministry had also weighed on the consideration of whether a new law is needed to address race, religion and royalty (3R) issues.
“Following the study, the ministry had tabled a memorandum to the Cabinet on the matter and the Cabinet had agreed in principle for the National Security Council and the Prime Minister’s Department to coordinate the drafting of the National Security Bill to preserve the country’s security against external and internal threat including Safeguarding the Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy and inter-religious harmony,” he told the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Nov 14).
He was responding to a question from Dr Kelvin Yii (PH-Bandar Kuching) on the plans to amend or repeal the Sedition Act.
