Stop charging people for insults under 'unconstitutional' law, says media NGO

KUALA LUMPUR: The Centre for Independent Journalism said today Section 298A of the Penal Code, which has been used to charge two people for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad, should be put on hold.

As such, Sonia called on the government to impose a moratorium on the use of the law, with a view to repealing it in the future. “Any such restriction must also be necessary and proportionate and cannot be so broad as to render the right illusory. The provisions of Section 298A do not meet these tests.

However, Sonia acknowledged the existence and “seeming proliferation” of unkind, rude and insulting comments, often of a racial or religious nature, especially on the internet.

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