The prime minister defends the appeal against the court ruling that the terms 'offensive' and 'annoy' in the old Section 233 of the CMA are unconstitutional.
00:00Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim defended the government's appeal against a court ruling that the words offensive and annoy in the previous iteration of Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 are unconstitutional.
00:14Anwar said institutional reforms could not be solely based on court decisions but must be holistically studied before implementation.
00:22He said the courts provide their views and if a ruling aligns with the reform agenda, the government would be open to it.
00:28He cited unlawful assemblies as an example, noting that the rulers had stressed that freedom of assembly should not extend to palace compounds.
00:37Anwar added that in the eagerness to protect public freedoms, other rights and interests could also be undermined.
00:44On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal declared that the terms offensive and annoy in the previous iteration of Section 233 of the CMA were unconstitutional.
00:52Yesterday, Communications Minister Fahmi Fazil said the government would file an appeal to the federal court against the Court of Appeals ruling.
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