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COMMENT | Former deputy law minister Hanipa Maidin, in his defence, of Khairy Jamaluddin’s free speech, quoted the House of Lords in Derbyshire CC v Times Newspaper Ltd.

It goes as follows: “It is of the highest public importance that a democratically elected government body, or indeed any governmental body, should be open to uninhibited public criticism.”

The quote is important for various reasons but more importantly, it is a cogent defence for not only civil liberties but as a bulwark against the excesses of the state.

Now, I have no issue with this defence no matter what I think of Khairy’s political speech or his past conduct as a minister and political operative.

What is galling to me is that nobody has come to...


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