Maintaining racial, religious harmony


 MINISTER for Law and Institutional Reform Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has proposed a new “State and Nation Act” to control provocations against race, religion and royalty (the 3Rs).

Though the nitty-gritty details of the law have not been worked out, it appears that she is proposing a non-punitive, civil and expeditious approach to tackling hate-filled and mischievous comments against the 3Rs.

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