Muslim preacher held for sedition after criticising sultan

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Biased views, or valid observations?:
- "Chinese usually don't wash after they urinate or defecate. What about menstrual blood on their underwear? Or if they had hugged a dog, or spilled alcohol or food containing pork? If they want to enter a laundry, then just go to a normal one."


'offensive' (in the Qn below) should be regarded in a wider context, not just to government, but also groups like race, religion, LGBT, disabled, the low income, women, etc....
- Malaysia's sedition law prohibits discourse that sparks hostility towards other races, the rulers or the government.

Pertaining to Qn below:

SHOULD:
- open the misguided and prejudicial view up to be challenged and debunked by the  public and have it exposed for the lie and bias that is its true face...the open debate about the biased view provides an opportunity for the truth to surface and this may actually end up with the public correcting their inital misconceptions

SHOULD NOT:

-the public (esp uneducated ones) might be swayed, resulting in a divided society, preventing social cohesion

-gives country a bad reputation internationally (think Saudi Arabia ban on female drivers) and might potentially deter tourists [note: ban on women drivers in Saudi Arabia has very recently been revoked]

For an equivalent example in Singapore, think Amy Cheong, Amos Yee, etc.

Qn: To what extent should news media present views which are considered offensive?

(MI Prelim 2017)