The track record of Section 9(5) further undermines its necessity. Between 2020 and 2024, only four were charged under Section 9(5) out of 636 investigated—highlighting its limited prosecutorial value and waste of enforcement resources.

The government must not miss this critical opportunity to deliver the ‘comprehensive reform of laws related to the right to assemble’ that it has pledged to implement.

Keluarga mendiang, SUARAM dan PSM telah menyerahkan memorandum kepada Peguam Negara untuk membuka kertas siasatan, berdasarkan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh yang mengesahkan kematian disebabkan homisid.

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) kecewa dengan kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri (KDN) Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution bahawa pihak beliau tidak...