Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak says the police use of the Sedition Act is a matter of 'prevention being better than cure' if it can help prevent possible acts of terror. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 25, 2015.The police are justified in making arrests under the colonial-era Sedition Act 1948 to prevent acts of terrorism in the country, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.
The prime minister said use of the Act was a preventive measure and if not used, more people could become victims to acts of terror.
The controversial law, criticised by many here and abroad for quelling legitimate dissent, was useful in preserving ethnic relations, he added.
"We also place importance on ethnic and religious relations and that is why we are strengthening the Sedition Act. All this is meant to forestall something bad from happening to our country.
"As the saying goes in English, 'prevention is better than cure'. I believe that it is better for us to have preventive detention laws than having someone commit an act of terror.
"If terrorism were to happen, many lives may be sacrificed," Najib said in a speech to the police force at the 208th Police Day anniversary in Kuala Lumpur today.
- TMI
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