No plans to set up special commission to tackle religious issues - minister

PARLIAMENT | The government has no plan to set up a special commission to address racial and religious issues after the National Harmony and Reconciliation Commission Bill was scrapped.

National Unity Minister Halimah Mohamed Sadique said this was because the existing laws such as Section 4(1)(a) Sedition Act 1948 (Act 15) and Section 504 of the Penal Code (Act 574) are already adequate to tackle issues in maintaining harmony between the races and religions...