Students group probed under Sedition Act for article on Agong's role

Police are investigating the University of Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) under the Sedition Act over an article regarding the role of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

The association's president Yap Wen Qing and vice-president Tan Li Yuan were quizzed for close to three hours at the Kajang district police headquarters today.

Met later, their lawyer Rajsurian Pillai said both student leaders are being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act...