Human rights group Article 19 has called for the sedition charge against PKR member Iswardy Morni, who has been accused of criticising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong over the government's Covid-19 management in a social media video, to be dropped.

Article 19 programme officer for Malaysia E Nalini said the charge under the Sedition Act 1948 was the first known one for the year.

"The law is incompatible with...