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Criticising govt still Sedition Act offence despite 2015 repeal
The Najib Abdul Razak administration amended the Sedition Act in 2015 to make it not an offence to criticise the government.
However, almost a decade later, the amendments are still not in force, as Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail indicated in a written parliamentary reply.
The 2015 amendments struck out the words...
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