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Map of Malaysia
Glossary of Common Terms and Acronyms
Summary: Overly Restrictive Laws as a Tool for Repression
Targeting the Political Opposition
Targeting Civil Society
Targeting the Media
Targeting Social Media Users
Restrictions on Freedom of Assembly
Abusive Police Tactics and Selective Prosecution
Key Recommendations: To the Prime Minister and the Government of Malaysia
Methodology
I. Background
II. International and Domestic Legal Standards: The Malaysian Constitution
III. The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression: Sedition Act of 1948 and Amendments
Sections 504 and 505(b) of the Penal Code: Offenses Against Public Tranquility
Section 505(c) of the Penal Code: Hate Speech
Penal Code Sections 499-502: Criminal Defamation
Printing Presses and Publications Act of 1984 (Amended 1988 and 2012)
Communications and Multimedia Act of 1998 (Amended 2006)
Penal Code Section 124B-124N: Activity Detrimental to Parliamentary Democracy
The Film Censorship Act
The Peaceful Assembly Act of 2012
Others Laws Used to Limit Freedom of Assembly
IV. Abusive Police Tactics and Selective Prosecution
V. Profiles of Critics Targeted by the Government: Forbidding Cartoons: The Targeting of Zunar
Wearing Down the Opposition: The Targeting of Rafizi Ramli
VI. Other Laws that Restrict Freedom of Expression: The Official Secrets Act of 1972 (amended 1986)
Penal Code Section 203a: Disclosure of Information
Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012
Penal Code Section 503: Criminal Intimidation
Penal Code Sections 298 and 509: Offensive Speech
Penal Code Sections 124G and 124I
VII. Recommendations: To the Government of Malaysia
To the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of the Government of Malaysia
To The Minister of Home Affairs
To the Attorney-General's Chambers
To the Inspector General of Police
To the Malaysian Multimedia and Communications Commission
To the Minister of Foreign Affairs
To SUHAKAM (Human Rights Commission of Malaysia)
To the UN Country Team and UN Resident Coordinator
To the United States, Japan, European Union Member States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, and the Republic of Korea
Appendix I: Letter to the Malaysian Government
Acknowledgments.
Glossary of Common Terms and Acronyms
Summary: Overly Restrictive Laws as a Tool for Repression
Targeting the Political Opposition
Targeting Civil Society
Targeting the Media
Targeting Social Media Users
Restrictions on Freedom of Assembly
Abusive Police Tactics and Selective Prosecution
Key Recommendations: To the Prime Minister and the Government of Malaysia
Methodology
I. Background
II. International and Domestic Legal Standards: The Malaysian Constitution
III. The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression: Sedition Act of 1948 and Amendments
Sections 504 and 505(b) of the Penal Code: Offenses Against Public Tranquility
Section 505(c) of the Penal Code: Hate Speech
Penal Code Sections 499-502: Criminal Defamation
Printing Presses and Publications Act of 1984 (Amended 1988 and 2012)
Communications and Multimedia Act of 1998 (Amended 2006)
Penal Code Section 124B-124N: Activity Detrimental to Parliamentary Democracy
The Film Censorship Act
The Peaceful Assembly Act of 2012
Others Laws Used to Limit Freedom of Assembly
IV. Abusive Police Tactics and Selective Prosecution
V. Profiles of Critics Targeted by the Government: Forbidding Cartoons: The Targeting of Zunar
Wearing Down the Opposition: The Targeting of Rafizi Ramli
VI. Other Laws that Restrict Freedom of Expression: The Official Secrets Act of 1972 (amended 1986)
Penal Code Section 203a: Disclosure of Information
Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012
Penal Code Section 503: Criminal Intimidation
Penal Code Sections 298 and 509: Offensive Speech
Penal Code Sections 124G and 124I
VII. Recommendations: To the Government of Malaysia
To the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of the Government of Malaysia
To The Minister of Home Affairs
To the Attorney-General's Chambers
To the Inspector General of Police
To the Malaysian Multimedia and Communications Commission
To the Minister of Foreign Affairs
To SUHAKAM (Human Rights Commission of Malaysia)
To the UN Country Team and UN Resident Coordinator
To the United States, Japan, European Union Member States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, and the Republic of Korea
Appendix I: Letter to the Malaysian Government
Acknowledgments.