Heidy Quah sues govt over law criminalising offensive online comments

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Activist Heidy Quah Gaik Li is taking the government to court over parts of Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act which criminalises offensive online comments.She filed a civil lawsuit in the Shah Alam High Court on Aug 30 through law firm Amer Bon. She seeks a court order to rule the words "offensive" and "annoy" in Section 233 invalidated for being unconstitutional.Under Section 233(1)(a), a person who makes, creates or solicits, and initiates the transmission of any online comment which is "obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive" with "intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person" commits an offence.Refuge for Refugees founder Quah confirmed the filing with Malaysiakini.She is currently facing court charges over the same law concerning a Facebook post last year on alleged mistreatment of refugees a…