Sliding back on freedom of speech

Sliding back on freedom of speech - Hello loyal readers FeedGoogle, In the article you are reading this time with the title Sliding back on freedom of speech, We have prepared this article well for you to read and take information in it. hopefully the contents of the post Article Malaysians, what we write you can understand. Alright, happy reading.

A few days ago, it was reported that Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman was questioned by the police over a media interview he gave back in March. The interview was on Al-Jazeera’s ‘UpFront’ programme hosted by Mehdi Hasan in which the former youth and sports minister was critical of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the Perikatan Nasional government. According to the police, Syed Saddiq was being probed under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. Syed Saddiq was the third MP investigated by the authorities for criticising the PN government. Before this, the police have also commenced investigations against Kuala Langat MP Dr Xavier Jayakumar and Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh. The former for his criticism over the Parliamentary session in May and the latter for her queries regarding the government’s plan to address ch…