PM Anwar's PH alliance opposed Sedition Act when it was in opposition. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR - A top Malaysian opposition leader was charged with two counts of sedition on Tuesday in a Selangor court for allegedly insulting Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
Sanusi, 48, was also controversially arrested at 3am after more than a dozen policemen turned up at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur where he was staying. Sanusi’s TikTok account - with 480,000 followers and 5.5 million likes - was allegedly deleted last week, with government officials denying they were behind the move. A new TikTok account was restarted by him over the weekend and gained more than 160,000 followers in less than 24 hours. His original account is now accessible again.
Such remarks can be seen as seditious, which is a crime under the Sedition Act, introduced by the British colonial government in 1948 to quell a communist rebellion. Sanusi on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the charges which carry a maximum fine of RM5,000 or imprisonment of up to three years or both, if convicted. He was granted bail of RM5,000 for each charge.Mr Zaid Malek, director of Lawyers for Liberty said in a statement: “This is a black day for the country. The notorious Sedition Act has reared its ugly head again, now used against a key political rival of the government now holding federal power.
“Now under a new government led by Anwar, a political rival faces sedition charges. The ideals once fought for are forgotten. Harapan once fought this law but now wields it.”
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