Arguments on the need to retain, and not repeal, the Sedition Act 1948 by the 13 lawyers attending the Malaysian Bar Extraordinary General Meeting held on September 19, 2023 have been touched upon at length by my colleague, Aidil Khalid, in his article, 13 voices of dissent in the Malaysian Bar. In it, he asserts…

As reported in the news, the Malaysian Bar’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held on September 19 ended with the motion to call for the abolition of the Sedition Act 1948 being passed with 701 members saying aye for the act to be repealed. It is noteworthy, however, to mention that despite the majority vote, there…