Law to be amended for stiffer penalties for insulting religions, says Mujahid | The Malaysian Insight

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dr Mujahid Yusuf Rawa says the amendments to the law have been agreed on to introduce harsher punishments for those who insult any of the religions in the country. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 27, 2019.

AMENDMENTS to the Penal Code have been proposed to provide heavier penalties for insulting religions, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Dr Mujahid Yusuf Rawa said. He said the proposed amendments have been agreed on in essence and would soon be brought up in a cabinet meeting being they are tabled in the Dewan Rakyat sitting next month.

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