All quarters, including the opposition, should not be afraid of the government’s move to maintain the Sedition Act for the interest of the people, said Bung Moktar Radin.

Therefore, the Kinatabangan MP is curious as to why the matter is horrifying to some, when Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has stated the law would not be used to stifle the opposition.

"Why must there be fear and concern over the Act? Those who do not instigate should not fear it. Only those who instigate and incite would be prosecuted.

"Without the Act, the nation might plunge into chaos when the social media is misused to spread slander as well as raising religious and personal matters

"This would surely create tension and pandemonium," he told Umno Online .

Bung claimed that the people at large still want the Act to stay to ensure harmony.

 
"The prime minister sees the future of the country and all its people. Those who create all this slander are those who are aiming for popularity," he said.
 
"I believe the people also want the Act to stay to ensure harmony," he added.
 
Najib stressed that the Act would not be used to stifle opposition, but instead to ensure interracial harmony in the country.