COMMENT | In 1971, Utusan Melayu and its then-editor-in-chief, Melan Abdullah, were convicted under the Sedition Act for publishing a report with the editorial subheading, “Abolish Chinese and Tamil Schools in this country.”
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Both were convicted and fined. They appealed. The conviction and sentence against Melan were set aside but were upheld in the case of the newspaper.