KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Malaysia's civic space was rated as “obstructed” for the sixth consecutive year, amid continued suppression of dissenting voices and satire as...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Malaysia's civic space was rated as “obstructed” for the sixth consecutive year, amid continued suppression of dissenting voices and satire as well as restrictions on protests in 2022, an international report released today has found.
The other regional nations falling in the “obstructed” category are Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Timor-Leste, and Nepal. It also noted Section 233 — which it said was broad and vague and inconsistent with international law and students — was used for Fahmi's last April arrest over another satirical artwork depicting what appeared to be an ape in a monarch's clothing.
“The police disrupted protests and also brought scores of protesters, including activists and opposition politicians, in for questioning for holding spontaneous demonstrations,” CIVICUS Monitor said. Police had also last July stopped “Turun Malaysia” protesters from marching towards Dataran Merdeka over the rise in goods' prices and cost of living, and that police later recorded statements from 27 persons — comprising politicians and student activists — with three of them later charged under the Peaceful Assembly Act's Section 9.
'Turun Malaysia' protesters face off with police at the Sogo shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur July 23, 2022. — Picture by Firdaus Latif“The regression of civic space across the Asia region is reaching alarming levels. Most people in the region are living in countries with closed or repressed civic space where their freedoms to speak up, organise or mobilise are under attack on a daily basis,” CIVICUS's Asia Pacific researcher Josef Benedict said.
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