Azalina: Cabinet agrees to restrict Sedition Act to only royalty issues

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — The Cabinet has agreed that changes should be made to limit the Sedition Act 1948’s use to only matters involving the royalty, minister Datuk Seri...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — The Cabinet has agreed that changes should be made to limit the Sedition Act 1948’s use to only matters involving the royalty, minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said today.

Azalina, who is minister in charge of law and institutional reform, said she had presented today the outcome of a recent dialogue on the “3R” issues — religion, race and royalty — to the Cabinet. “The Cabinet has agreed in principle for the Sedition Act 1948 to be reviewed to ensure this law is used only to protect the institution of Rulers from any provocation,” she said in a statement today.

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