Home Minister: 255 investigated for sedition from 2020 to 2022, only four charged

By MARTIN CARVALHO, TARRENCE TAN and GERARD GIMINO

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 255 suspects were investigated under the Sedition Act over a three-year period, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The Home Minister said the investigations by the police were conducted between 2020 and 2022 with only four cases charged in court.

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