“I think I missed him the most that night,” he said of his father, the late Karpal Singh, with a wistful smile. He gave his thoughts on press freedom, censorship, and his determination to fulfill the promises of Pakatan’s election manifesto. Gobind pictured with his father, Karpal, in 2009 at the Session Courts in Jalan Duta, where the latter was charged under the Sedition Act. Ever since I became a minister, there has been no attempt on my part to direct the press to report things in a certain way. We are looking at repealing it, actually, but certain provisions (in the act) need to be “saved”.

Source: The Star May 24, 2019 23:37 UTC