BARELY a month ago, the Pakatan Harapan government announced that it was lifting its freeze on several controversial laws, including the Sedition Act.
As a newsman who waited outside police stations when Pakatan reps were being probed for sedition when they were the opposition, and stood in vigils for fellow journalists who were detained under that law, I have to say that seeing Pakatan politicians defend its use when they were the ones who pledged to undo it is disheartening.
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