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Cabinet To Review Sedition Law
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Guest: Firdaus Husni, Chief Human Rights Strategist, Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR)
Minister of Law and Institutional Reform Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said announced that the Cabinet has agreed in principle for the Sedition Act 1948 to be limited only to matters involving the royalty. We unpack the significance of this, and discuss why clarity is important when it comes to how future cases involving the 3Rs (race, religion, and royalty) are covered by the law.
Image Credit: Azalina Othman Said / Facebook
Presenter: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan, Sharaad Kuttan
Producer: Natasha Fusil
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Cabinet To Review Sedition Law
18 mins
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17:00, 26 Jul 2023
Guest: Firdaus Husni, Chief Human Rights Strategist, Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR)
Minister of Law and Institutional Reform Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said announced that the Cabinet has agreed in principle for the Sedition Act 1948 to be limited only to matters involving the royalty. We unpack the significance of this, and discuss why clarity is important when it comes to how future cases involving the 3Rs (race, religion, and royalty) are covered by the law.
Image Credit: Azalina Othman Said / Facebook
Presenter: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan, Sharaad Kuttan
Producer: Natasha Fusil
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