MCA Youth has urged the Attorney-General’s (AG) Chambers to review its decision to drop the sedition charge against Malay Armed Forces Veterans Association president Mohd Ali Baharom in relation to the Low Yat Plaza incident.

MCA Youth young professionals bureau chairman Eric Choo said the AG’s excuse that there was insufficient evidence for the case is untenable as the speech that was being probed for sedition is widely available in the public domain.

“It is a surprising decision given that videos of the same speech are widely available on social media and thus the incident had garnered great publicity and concern amongst the rakyat who grow increasingly wary and sceptical about race relations in our nation and how these matters are being dealt with.

“Whilst MCA Youth acknowledges that it is the prerogative of the AG whether or not to proceed with a charge, it is also our view that for a matter of such great public interests, the matter should be brought to an appropriate closure,” said Choo in a statement today.

Mohd Ali, who is also known as Ali Tinju had been charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act for allegedly making an inflammatory speech outside Low Yat Plaza in July this year, following a brawl at the electronics mall that gained infamy for its racial overtones.

Yesterday the deputy public prosecutor told Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court that the AG’s Chambers has instructed for the charge to be dropped .