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COMMENT | Why involve police in competition of ideas?

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COMMENT Unlike the UK, which practises parliamentary sovereignty, Malaysia embraces the doctrine of constitutional supremacy. The doctrine is duly embedded in Article 4 of our Federal Constitution.

In layperson's terms, the supremacy of the Constitution drives home this message: The Constitution trumps everything.

In our Constitution, there are a slew of fundamental rights which are constitutionally safeguarded and such embedded rights include the right to freedom of speech and expression.

Freedom of the press is also included. Those rights are enshrined in Article 10 of our apex law.

Are such rights really understood by Umno Youth when... 

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