00:00The Salangor Sultan has called for a stop to negative comments about race and religion
00:05on social media, saying they only lead to polarization and mistrust among Malaysians.
00:11In a Burnama report, Sultan Sharifuddin Idris Shah said many comments and postings on social
00:17media touching on race and religion were provocative, disrespectful and harmful.
00:24He also advised netizens to think deeply before interacting with one another on social media.
00:29He questioned the point of calling fellow Malaysians Type C or Type M or kafir and non-kafir
00:39and stressed that such online behavior cannot be tolerated.
00:46Sultan Sharifuddin said hate speech and malicious content tied to race and religion not only
00:51jeopardized social harmony but was also legally actionable under the law.
00:58Natasha Beast, FMT.
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