Today, the Kuala Lumpur High Court quashed a ban imposed by the Minister of Home Affairs on a book entitled ‘Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective’ by author Ngeo Boon Lin.
Satire is not a crime, and we call upon the Malaysian government to immediately drop the charges against Fahmi Reza and put an end to the vindictive campaign against him.
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While there is little doubt that Malaysia desperately needs an independent oversight commission for the police, the IPCC bill, first tabled in August 2020, further weakens the already anaemic oversight mechanism currently in place and must be rejected.