GUA MUSANG: Malaysia has charged opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with sedition for allegedly insulting the country’s former king, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

The monarchy plays a largely ceremonial role in Malaysia and is held in deep respect.

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Negative remarks about royalty can be prosecuted under a colonial-era Sedition Act.

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