BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Morning Run  >  Top Story  >  High Time To Abolish The Sedition Act

High Time To Abolish The Sedition Act

Dato' Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Constitutional Lawyer, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar Advocates & Solicitors

21-Jul-23 07:45

High Time To Abolish The Sedition Act

The use of the Sedition Act 1948 has come into focus again as Caretaker Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi was charged with 2 counts of sedition in the Selayang Sessions Court, after being arrested at 3am in the morning. We speak with Dato' Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Constitutional Lawyer, to get his views on the case and whether the government of the day should take steps towards abolishing the archaic law, or replacing it

Image by: Shutterstock

Produced by: Mark Tan

Presented by: Mark Tan, Wong Shou Ning


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  Law/Activismgovernmentcontroversies

Tags:  Sedition Act 1948malaysian governmentcontroversies





Play / Pause

Listen now : BFM 89.9 -- The Business Station

Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

7:45 AM

Top Story

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

9:35 AM

The Property Show

10:05 AM

Open For Business

George Lee, the Founder and CEO of Innov8tif Solutions Sdn Bhd

11:00 AM

The Workplace

Violet Yeo, Co-founder of Cloudsquire

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Arina Kok, Partner, EY

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

By the Book: Bibliography - Salman Rushdie

3:05 PM

Earth Matters

What is the Nature Conservation Index?; Chrishen Gomez, PHD Student, University of Oxford, and Researcher, Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU)

4:05 PM

Health & Living

Public Health: Why Was Pneumonia The Top Cause Of Death in 2023?; Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Prof Dr Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail, President, Malaysian Thoracic Society | Dr Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Consultant Respiratory Physician

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Good Things

TBC; Justin Lee, Director, Bike Commute Malaysia

7:00 PM

Made in Malaysia

The Global Threads Malay Textiles Weave; The Global Threads Malay Textiles Weave; The Global Threads Malay Textiles Weave; The Global Threads Malay Textiles Weave; John Ang, textile collector, art historian and curator

8:00 PM

Cruise Control

Daniel Fernandez, Managing Editor, dsf.my

9:00 PM

The Pulse