Lawyers for Liberty has reminded the Pakatan Harapan government and the solicitor-general currently handling the duties of the attorney-general to immediately review the numerous politically-motivated cases undertaken during the BN government rule.

In a statement, its executive-director Eric Paulsen pointed out pledges in Harapan's manifesto, which had promised to repeal various "oppressive" laws, such as the Sedition Act 1948, and provisions in other laws that are deemed too wide, and outdated, and often used to target political dissidents and opponents...