274 cases probed under Sedition Act since 2008
Published: Jun 10, 2014 5:00 AM | Updated: Jun 10, 2014 5:47 AM
In the last six years, some 274 cases have been investigated under the 1948 Sedition Act, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.
He said in a written reply to a Parliament query from Seputeh MP Teresa Kok that this year alone, up until May 29, the police had received 43 reports which could be investigated under this act, including one against Perkasa's president Ibrahim Ali.
In the last six years, some 274 cases have been investigated under the 1948 Sedition Act, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.
He said in a written reply to a Parliament query from Seputeh MP Teresa Kok that this year alone, up until May 29, the police had received 43 reports which could be investigated under this act, including one against Perkasa's president Ibrahim Ali.
"The government takes seriously any party or group who issues extreme statements without care or concern for the public's sensitivity.
"However, at this juncture, I have decided not to disclose in detail the investigations and actions taken," Ahmad Zahid was quoted as saying in his reply to Kok by Utusan Malaysia.
Kok (left) had reportedly asked for the list of all cases being investigated under the Sedition Act from 2004-2014 to check if rightist groups Perkasa and Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) were exempted.
DAP's Kok herself was the latest Opposition leader to be charged under the Sedition Act, along with other activists, mostly after the general elections last May.
She is being charged with sedition over her Chinese New Year parody video, in which she allegedly insulted some national leaders.
Meanwhile, Utusan also reported defacto law minister Nancy Shukri saying that the government was far from ready to abolish the Sedition Act, as work still needed to be carried out on its replacement, the National Harmony Act.
This is despite Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's pledge in July 2012 that the act, which has been around since the British ruled Malaysia, would be scrapped.
He said in a written reply to a Parliament query from Seputeh MP Teresa Kok that this year alone, up until May 29, the police had received 43 reports which could be investigated under this act, including one against Perkasa's president Ibrahim Ali.
"The government takes seriously any party or group who issues extreme statements without care or concern for the public's sensitivity.
"However, at this juncture, I have decided not to disclose in detail the investigations and actions taken," Ahmad Zahid was quoted as saying in his reply to Kok by Utusan Malaysia.
Kok (left) had reportedly asked for the list of all cases being investigated under the Sedition Act from 2004-2014 to check if rightist groups Perkasa and Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) were exempted.DAP's Kok herself was the latest Opposition leader to be charged under the Sedition Act, along with other activists, mostly after the general elections last May.
She is being charged with sedition over her Chinese New Year parody video, in which she allegedly insulted some national leaders.
Meanwhile, Utusan also reported defacto law minister Nancy Shukri saying that the government was far from ready to abolish the Sedition Act, as work still needed to be carried out on its replacement, the National Harmony Act.
This is despite Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's pledge in July 2012 that the act, which has been around since the British ruled Malaysia, would be scrapped.
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