Police can still use Sedition Act, says home minister

Haspaizi ZainPublished: Mar 20, 2019 7:17 AM | Updated: Mar 20, 2019 8:58 AM

The Sedition Act 1948 can still be used until the motion to abolish the draconian law is tabled in Parliament, according to Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

"From the legal point of view, the act still exists and can be used as it has not been brought to Parliament to be abolished," he told reporters in Kajang today...

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