Failure to act against vigilante groups encourages mob justice, says LFL

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Rights group asks why no action was taken after a silat instructor and his friends tracked down a man who commented on the ‘Allah’ socks issue  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/23/failure-to-act-against-vigilante-groups-encourages-mob-justice-says-lfl/    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AgaintVigilanteGroups #MobJustice #LawyersForLiberty #Umno

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00:00 "The government's failure to act against vigilante groups will encourage mob justice in Malaysia,"

00:09 says Human Rights Group Lawyers for Liberty.

00:12 This comes after a 35-year-old man was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 12,000 ringgit

00:18 yesterday over a Facebook posting deemed insulting to Islam regarding the sale of socks bearing

00:23 the word "Allah."

00:25 LFL questioned why no action was taken after a Silat instructor and his friends allegedly

00:31 tracked down Chok Wai Lung and intimidated him into confessing, following the online

00:36 leak of his personal details.

00:39 Its director, Zait Malik, said, "While the government is using vague provisions such

00:43 as Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act to prosecute people for social media comments,

00:49 it is not taking action against groups threatening and disclosing private information online."

00:55 He said the group should be investigated under Section 503 of the Penal Code for Criminal

01:00 Intimidation, Section 505(b) for statements causing mischief, and Section 233 of the Communications

01:06 and Multimedia Act 1998 for misuse of network facilities.

01:12 Noting Chok's lack of representation, he questioned what steps the authorities took to ensure

01:17 he had the chance to get legal services, especially given the case's high-profile nature.

01:23 Zait also said politicians, particularly those from UMNO, who have been exacerbating the

01:28 issue, should be investigated for their remarks, as they cater to overzealous bigots when it

01:34 comes to racial and religious controversies, despite the potential disastrous long-term

01:38 results it may bring to the cohesion of Malaysian society.

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