COMMENT I come from a Chinese Christian family. I have been labelled "pendatang" and "Cina babi" all my life, but the Sedition Act is still irrelevant to me.

 

Well, many have said that Ibrahim Ali should be charged under the Sedition Act for threatening to burn the Bible. There are also racists and even principals who have labelled the Chinese as 'pendatang', or even 'Cina babi'.

 

Technically, these people have committed an offence under the Sedition Act for "promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races" - Section 3(1)(e) of the Sedition Act 1948...