Muhyiddin on Wan Ji: Punishment should be 'considerate and humane'
Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin refused to comment on Muslim preacher Wan Ji Wan Hussin's one-year jail term for sedition today, but noted that any punishment should be "considerate and humane."
Muhyiddin said it is good that Wan Ji was appealing yesterday's decision by the High Court in Shah Alam...
Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin refused to comment on Muslim preacher Wan Ji Wan Hussin's one-year jail term for sedition today, but noted that any punishment should be "considerate and humane."
Muhyiddin said it is good that Wan Ji was appealing yesterday's decision by the High Court in Shah Alam.
"The spirit of the law should be considerate and humane, but I don't want to comment on this for fear of being accused of sub judice and contempt of court," he told journalists at the Parliament lobby today.
Muhyiddin also reiterated the government's commitment to either amend or repeal the Sedition Act 1948.
"We are committed to scrutinising and reviewing the law, but we have not made a decision on this yet.
"It is one of the laws which we have pledged to review and identify the draconian clauses," he said.
In 2014, Wan Ji pleaded guilty under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act for a 2012 Facebook post on Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
Following his sentence in 2018, he was granted a stay pending the outcome of his appeal against the sentence.
Yesterday, his sentence was enhanced from nine months' jail to one year, after the High Court in Shah Alam allowed the appeal filed by the prosecution.
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