Gov't gets leave to appeal against landmark sedition decision

The Federal Court has granted the government’s application for leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision which struck down Section 3(3) of the Sedition Act.

The Court of Appeal, in a landmark decision in November last year, had ruled that the prosecution must prove intention when charging a person with sedition.

The ruling was made in the case of Mat Shuhaimi Shafiei vs the Public Prosecutor.

Representing Shuhaimi, retired Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram said his legal team was not opposing the public prosecutor’s application.

“We reserve the right to argue that the first two questions do not require an answer, and that the third question should be answered in our favour,” Gopal said.

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-Mkini