Paktan Rakyat leaders slammed the "selective prosecution" of
their colleagues Tian Chua, the MP for Batu, Tamrin Ghafar, the son of
former deputy prime minister Ghafar Baba who recently joined PAS, as
well as activists Haris Ibrahim, Safwan Anang and Hishammuddin Rais for
purportedly inciting public unrest with speeches made at a forum on May
13, 2013.
The five men were charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948 over speeches they made between 8.55pm and 11.15pm at the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.
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Nurul Izzah, the PKR vice president and MP for Lembah Pantai, called
on Malaysians to "jointly condemn" the arrests, warning that these were
not only unjust but dangerous to the country's democracy and to the
people's personal liberties.
"Prime Minister Najib Razak should be held responsible for reneging on his promise to repeal the Sedition Act which was made in 2012. We are talking about selective prosecution.using this archaic and obsolete law against the Opposition and dissenters," Nurul told a press conference outside the courtroom.
"You allow (some) who spread hatred like Perkasa leadership and former judges to escape unscathed. I ask all Malaysians to jointly condemn this act because today it might be Opposition leaders, tomorrow it might be you. From now, no Malaysian is safe from the abuse and misuse of this law.
"I ask PM Najib and of course Home Minister Zahid Hamidi to answer what is their stand now, especially after we all have gone through the dirtiest elections."
Hishammuddin Rais too, but arrests will not derail PR's Black 505 or 100,000 signatures campaign
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The five men were charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948 over speeches they made between 8.55pm and 11.15pm at the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.
Nurul Izzah, the PKR vice president and MP for Lembah Pantai, called
on Malaysians to "jointly condemn" the arrests, warning that these were
not only unjust but dangerous to the country's democracy and to the
people's personal liberties."Prime Minister Najib Razak should be held responsible for reneging on his promise to repeal the Sedition Act which was made in 2012. We are talking about selective prosecution.using this archaic and obsolete law against the Opposition and dissenters," Nurul told a press conference outside the courtroom.
"You allow (some) who spread hatred like Perkasa leadership and former judges to escape unscathed. I ask all Malaysians to jointly condemn this act because today it might be Opposition leaders, tomorrow it might be you. From now, no Malaysian is safe from the abuse and misuse of this law.
"I ask PM Najib and of course Home Minister Zahid Hamidi to answer what is their stand now, especially after we all have gone through the dirtiest elections."
Hishammuddin Rais too, but arrests will not derail PR's Black 505 or 100,000 signatures campaign