Rights group calls for sedition charge against Iswardy to be dropped

Human rights group Article 19 has called for the sedition charge against PKR member Iswardy Morni, who has been accused of criticising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong over the government's Covid-19 management in a social media video, to be dropped.

Article 19 programme officer for Malaysia E Nalini said the charge under the Sedition Act 1948 was the first known one for the year.

"The law is incompatible with...