R E S O L U T I O N
SARAWAK AND SABAH DEMAND REPEAL OF SEDITION ACT 1948
WHEREAS at the Public Talk on the Sedition Act 1948 held
in Kuching on 3rd January 2015, organized by civic group of Concerned Sarawakians,
attended by various segments of the community and represented by all races and
creed; where the proposal by United Malayan National Organization (UMNO) to
amend the Sedition Act to criminalise secession calls for Sarawak and Sabah,
was discussed openly without fear or favour.
WHEREAS the people so attended were fully committed to
defending the civil liberties and democratic freedoms of the people of Sarawak
and Sabah; and resolved and unanimously adopted the following Resolution:
WE, the people of Sarawak and Sabah in the Convention
assembled, do hereby unanimously call upon the Honourable Prime Minister of
Malaysia Dato Seri Najib bin Razak and his Government to carefully consider
making it unlawful for the people of Sarawak and Sabah to exercise their
legitimate right to voice their grievances over what they see as the failure of
the promises of Malaysia to uphold civil liberties and democratic freedoms;
