• Time has come to relax censorship laws, says Abu Talib
  • Yap Mun Ching
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  • The government should ease-up on the censorship of information as such restrictions would only evoke stronger resistance from the people, said Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairperson Abu Talib Othman today.

    "The more we try to control people's minds, the more they will try to resist. It is in human nature to dislike opposing views. It is also in human nature to have opposing views.

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