KUALA LUMPUR, April 7, 2015 - Sarawak DAP today condemns
the Barisan Nasional government for tabling the Sedition Act (amendment) Bill for
the first reading in Parliament today.
Among others, it provides that any talk of a State
seceding from Malaysia as seditious.
"This is a travesty to the terms in the formation of
Malaysia," Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said in a statement.
He said it was once argued in the Sarawak Council Negri
before we agreed to form Malaysia that the right to secede is an implied
condition for the Malaysia Agreement.
"Now, with this Bill, such right will be
criminalised by the Federal Parliament.
"What is even worse is that once you are charged
under the amended Act, there is no right to be bailed, you stay in lockup/jail
until the whole case is over," Chong, who is also the State Assemblyman
for Kota Sentosa, said.
He said all the party members of parliament will oppose
the Bill.
"I call upon Sarawak BN MPs to also oppose the Bill
for the sake of Sarawak and to protect the Constitutional rights of
Sarawak.
"Let us put aside our individual political views and
belief and put the interest of Sarawak above everything," he appealed.
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