Sedition Act Malaysia Case Study



Akta hasutan 1948 in malaysia is a law prohibiting discourse deemed as seditious the act was originally enacted by the colonial authorities of british malaya in 1948.

Sedition act malaysia case study. He was arrested for questioning the judgement of the federal court on opposition leader datuk seri anwar ibrahim s sodomy conviction and jail sentence. A legal study on the sedition act in malaysia nor hazwani jasman jasman nor hazwani 2017 a legal study on the sedition act in malaysia nor hazwani jasman. Document of suara rakyat malaysia suaram sedition case in malaysia 2010 2014 september 11 2014 page 2 year 2011 investigation 1.

Laws of malaysia reprint published by the commissioner of law revision malaysia under the authority of the revision of laws act 1968 in collaboration with malayan law journal sdn bhd and percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006 act 15 sedition act 1948 incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 015e fm page 1 monday march 27 2006 11 41 am. Malaysia drops sedition case against political cartoonist. The sedition act.

As malaysia s pm najib razak says he will bolster the sedition act despite a pledge to abolish it the bbc s jennifer pak looks at why the colonial era law is so controversial. The paper is organised into five chapters to achieve this goal. On 19 february at 7pm about 10 policemen arrested arutchelvan at his home in kajang.

The sedition act 1948 malay. Multi ethnic and multi religious make up of malaysian society requires a deft hand in managing ethnic relation. The act criminalises speech with seditious tendency including that which would bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the government or engender feelings of ill will.

A legal study on the relevancy of the act 1 2 research outline this paper aims to embark on a research to examine the relevancy of the sedition act 1948 in malaysia. End use of sedition act. In a recent case the public prosecutor filed a cross appeal against preacher wan ji wan hussin s appeal of his conviction under the sedition act.

Abdul aziz bari law professor at the universiti islam antarabangsa oct 11 he was investigated under the sedition act and the communications and multimedia act for his. Masters thesis universiti teknologi mara. He was arrested under the sedition act 1948.

Arutchelvan secretary general of parti sosialis malaysia psm.