Wan Ji, in July 2019 was sentenced to a one-year jail term by the Shah Alam High Court for seditious remarks against Sultan Sharafuddin in a Facebook post in 2012. theSun thesundaily GeorgeClooney UnityGovernment freedom expression
and Amal Clooney alongside several civil rights groups have urged the Unity Government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to fulfill its past promise to repeal the colonial-era Sedition Act 1948.
“ despite pledges by Pakatan Harapan as well as previous governments to repeal or reform the law,” the letter sighted to the news portal said. Wan Ji, in July 2019 was sentenced to a one-year jail term by the Shah Alam High Court for seditious remarks against Sultan Sharafuddin in a Facebook post in 2012.
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