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No More Fluffy Legislation

Kua Kia Soong, Adviser, SUARAM

28-Aug-19 07:45

No More Fluffy Legislation

Following Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa’s calls for a hate speech amendment to be made to the Sedition Act, we speak to Kua Kia Soong, Adviser from SUARAM, about how one legislates against hate speech, as well as the problem of too-broad legislation here in Malaysia.

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Sharidz Abdullah, Julian Ng


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Categories:  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Social Issues,  Investments

Tags:  hate speech,  freedom of speech,  Sedition Act,  amendment,  racial discord,  religion, 


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