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Monday, September 8, 2014

BUT WILL IT SAVE NAJIB FROM DR M? PM backpedals on promise to repeal Sedition Act

BUT WILL IT SAVE NAJIB FROM DR M? PM backpedals on promise to repeal Sedition Act
KUALA LUMPUR - Putrajaya may not repeal the Sedition Act if the move does not result in an “improvement”, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.
Saying that he understood the Malay community’s concerns over the effects of the law’s repeal on Islam, the Malay rulers and Bumiputera rights, Najib insisted that the government will not act to anger or create inequality in any of the country’s communities.
As such, any decision on the Sedition Act and its replacements must not cause any of the communities to experience consternation or feel threatened.
“If it is not better, why should we take such measures; it is inappropriate of any reforms if it does not result in improvement,” the prime minister was quoted as saying in Putrajaya today.
“As such, all processes relating to the step must be managed properly so that the outcome and decision reflects a better scenario.”
A tug-of-war between critics of the colonial era law and its proponents is currently ongoing, after a sudden surge in the use of the legislation against opposition lawmakers, academics, and the media shone a spotlight on the government’s delay in delivering on its promise to repeal the Act.
Those pushing for the law to be eliminated contend that its ambit is too broad, as it criminalises speech with an undefined “seditious tendency” and without need to prove intent.
Its application has become patently broader in recent months, with police even investigating a student in Penang last month for “liking” a pro-Israel Facebook page that led to threats against him.
Last week, a Universiti Malaya law professor was charged with sedition for expressing his opinion on how the 2009 Perak constitutional crisis was resolved, while a reporter with an online news portal was arrested for sedition over her report on the detention of a Penang lawmaker.
Defenders of the Sedition Act, primarily pro-establishment conservatives including former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, contend that its removal will open the floodgates of attacks against the Bumiputera, Islam, and the Malay rulers in the absence of the repealed Internal Security Act (ISA).
Putrajaya was recently forced to defend both the continued use of the Sedition Act and the delay in repealing the law two years after the prime minister’s pledge.
A spokesman for the government said that as long as the Act remains in effect and until the legislation meant to replace the colonial era law is passed, “existing cases must be tried under existing laws.”
The anonymous spokesman also said Putrajaya is aiming to replace the Sedition Act by the end of 2015. -Malay Mail

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