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Malaysian police have warned citizens that criticizing government policies on social media may result in prosecution under the Sedition Act 1948, a colonial-era law that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government explicitly pledged to repeal. Sedition investigations hit a 15-year high of 142 in 2025, while the promised reform to narrow the Act's scope has not been tabled in parliament, drawing condemnation from Malaysia's own human rights commission, international rights organizations, and civil society groups.