Surendran: Govt must uphold its promise not to misuse section 124 Penal Code for political purposes
Surendran: Govt must uphold its promise not to misuse section 124 Penal Code for political purposes
Govt must uphold its promise not to misuse section 124 Penal Code for political purposes
I refer to the IGP's statement on 29 July 2015 that Dato Ambiga Sreenevasan may be investigated under s 124 Penal Code allegedly for ' encouraging people to take to the streets to call for the PM to resign '. Section 124 makes it an offence to commit ' an activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy'.
Any investigation upon Ambiga under section 124, merely for calling for peaceful protests, will be unlawful, unconstitutional and an abuse of police powers.