KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian lawyers have filed a legal action against Singapore’s Minister of Home Affairs K.Shanmugam for directing its online falsehood law against the former over a statement on Singapore’s ‘brutal executions'. This means that Singapore cannot interfere with the sovereignty of another state by enacting legislation extending to Malaysian citizens exercising their right within Malaysia. They claim that the legislation could not be applied to Malaysians particularly in this case where the alleged communication was not in Singapore. He said the statement was issued as it is in the public interest as there were many Malaysians facing death penalty at the Changi Prison in Singapore. Counsel Datuk Gurdial Singh Nijar who represented the plaintiffs said this was a very unusual action because Singapore was taking action on citizens of Malaysia.

Source: New Strait Times January 24, 2020 06:45 UTC