Malaysia’s Sedition Act – A Law which Should Never Be In Existence
When I saw a status change the other day from my Facebook friend Uncle Lim Kit Siang, supreme leader of the Democratic Action Party that the police was after him, I had to dig deeper as to why a beacon of Malaysian politics for four decades was being sought after by our 'esteemed' Malaysian Police force for an alledged crime against the Malaysian government.
I managed to read a news update from the Malaysian Insider website that the police wanted to question Uncle Lim for his political speech during campaigning a couple of days ago linking Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to the political impasse in the state of Perak. It was later discovered that the people who made the police report that led to the police wanting a statement from Uncle Lim was none other than the police themsleves. Now, since when did police take political sides? However, if you've been a follower of Malaysian politics over the years, you'd be naive to think that the Malaysian police was anything but impartial.
