The human rights organisation reiterates that the act does not comply with international law and standards.
Amnesty International Malaysia today criticised the police investigation of former minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz under the Sedition Act 1948."The use of the Sedition Act affirms a continuing trend in which the authorities are using this law despite its wide and arbitrary provisions.
"The Sedition Act does not comply with international human rights law and standards," said Amnesty International Malaysia executive director Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu. Shamini also reiterated that the government should repeal the Sedition Act and instead rely on provisions that are clearly and narrowly defined.
"The Sedition Act was originally enacted as the Sedition Ordinance 1948 by British colonial authorities, where the law was targeted at anti-colonial activists and aimed to restrict their activities against the British government."In the Sedition Act, Article , “sedition” itself is not defined in the act, thus the law is wide and arbitrary and subject to abuse," she said.Nazri under the Sedition Act.
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