Rome Statute speakers shrug off sedition probe
G25 spokesman Noor Farida Ariffin at the UM forum on Saturday. She says opponents of the Rome Statute are reduced to lodging police reports because they fear debate. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, April 29, 2019.
POLICE are not to blamed for using the Sedition Act to investigate a recent forum on the Rome Statute as it is Pakatan Harapan that has failed to keep its promise to repeal the colonial-era law, a panellist at the forum said. Former ambassador and Group of Eminent Malays spokesman Noor Farida Ariffin said the use of the act following police reports lodged against the forum showed that Putrajaya is overdue on fulfilling its election manifesto.
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