Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's decision of to retain the Sedition Act is "cowardly" and "reeks of malice", says Gerakan Hapus Akta Hasutan (GHAH).

“GHAH is deeply disturbed and outraged with Najib’s cowardly decision to renege on his promise to abolish the Sedition Act and to ‘fortify and strengthen’ the Act instead,” the leading coalition for the Act's abolition said in a statement yesterday.