Heidy Quah sues govt over law criminalising offensive online comments

Published: Sep 6, 2021 2:20 AM | Updated: Sep 6, 2021 7:56 AM

Activist Heidy Quah Gaik Li is taking the government to court over parts of Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act that criminalises offensive online comments.

She filed a civil lawsuit in the High Court in Shah Alam on Aug 30 through law firm Amer Bon. She seeks a court order to rule the words "offensive" and "annoy" in Section 233 invalidated for being unconstitutional...

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