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Malaysiakini
5 days ago
- Politics
- Malaysiakini
No legal grounds to probe LGBTQ+ workshop, says LFL
Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) urged the police to stop their investigation against PSM Youth over its LGBTQ+ health awareness workshop. In a statement today, LFL director Zaid Malek claimed police had no legal basis to probe the event and regarded the investigation as amounting to a serious abuse of power by the authority. This followed Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan's statement yesterday, who said they have launched an investigation under Section 298A of the Penal Code, which criminalises...
Malaysiakini
6 days ago
- Politics
- Malaysiakini
Police launch investigation into PSM Youth's LGBTQ+ event
The police have launched an investigation into PSM Youth's LGBTQ+ workshop. Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the probe is being conducted under Section 298A of the Penal Code, which criminalises disturbing public tranquillity by insulting or undermining any religion, and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998. "The programme is seen as...
