Parti Amanah Negara Youth vice-chief Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar's conviction under the Sedition Act 1948 has sparked a chorus of condemnation from both local and international NGOs.

Amnesty International's Southeast Asia and the Pacific deputy director, Josef Benedict, described the conviction as a clear violation of the right to freedom of expression.

"Malaysia’s sedition law is a crude colonial-era instrument designed to silence dissent. It has no place in a modern rights-respecting society and should be repealed immediately," he said in a statement today.