No crisis now, why bring up Ops Lalang, asks Zaid

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He says the true measure of a government’s dictatorial nature should be its commitment to free speech and the frequency with which it uses sedition laws.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/02/no-crisis-now-why-bring-up-ops-lalang-asks-zaid/  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 #ZaidIbrahim #OpsLalang

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00:00What's the need for harsh government measures if we're not in a crisis?

00:06Ex-Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim has backed former Bursa Chairman Ambika Srinivasan's claim

00:11that the current Malaysian unity government is the most dictatorial in Malaysia's history.

00:17This comes after government spokesman Fahmi Fazil defended Putrajaya's move to impose

00:21social media licensing laws by saying the current government did not conduct obslalang

00:26or attack demonstrators.

00:28In a post on X, Zaid dismissed Fahmi's comparison to obslalang under former Prime Minister Dr.

00:33Mahathir Mohamad, arguing that the situation then could not be compared with today's.

00:38While he acknowledged that Mahathir's actions in 1987 were questionable, he said they were

00:42understandable due to the power struggle within UMNO and the brewing judicial crisis then.

00:48The former MP also said Mahathir used the now-repealed Internal Security Act's detention

00:52power sparingly after 1987 during his 23-year rule.

00:57In contrast, Zaid said the unity government has a two-thirds majority in parliament and

01:02faces no significant crisis, making its actions more concerning.

01:07Dhanushwari Reza, FMT News.

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