Malaysia: Release activists arrested in government U-turn on repressive law

Headline Title: Malaysia: Release activists arrested in government U-turn on repressive law 23 May 2013 Malaysia must end its post-election crackdown and release a member of parliament and other opposition political activists arrested under the repressive Sedition Act, Amnesty International urged today.Opposition activists Tian Chua MP, Ibrahim Harris and Tamrin Ghafar were arrested in Kuala Lumpur today under the Sedition Act, which the government last year promised to repeal. Meanwhile, student activist Adam Adli was charged under the Sedition Act for calling for street protests…

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