[Discussing the distinction between NDI and classified information]
PP v Oh Keng Seng [1979] 2 MLJ 174 (OCJ Sermban)
[Freedom of speech and expression; Sedition; Criticism of government policies; whether particulars of charge was sufficient] [High Court’s decision on the propriety of the […]
PP v Oh Keng Seng [1977] 2 MLJ 206 (Federal Court Kuala Lumpur)
[Contextual approach in determining whether the speech is seditious]
The States and Subversion
Walter Gellhorn (ed) (Greenwood Press, 1976)
Lau Lek Eng and others v Minister for Home Affairs and another [1971-1973] SLR(R) 346; [1972] SGHC 5
[Application for Habeas Corpus; Whether r 86 Internal Security (Detained Persons) Rules 1960 was ultra vires s 8(3) Internal Security Act; Whether r 86 inconsistent […]
PP v Fan Yew Teng [1975] 1 MLJ 176 (OCRJ Kuala Lumpur)
[Excite disaffection against government; fair criticism; an ordinary reader]
Hess v. Indiana 414 U.S.105 (1973)
[Overturned the conviction of a demonstrator in affirming that advocacy of illegal activity in the indefinite future is protected by the First Amendment. The supreme court […]
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry v. Ito (the Naganuma Case) (Sapparo High Court, 1973) 27 Gy6han 1175
[Upholding the constitutionality of the Self-Defense Forces] For summary and comments over the case, see William R. Slomanson, “Judicial Review of War Renunciation in the […]
Cole v. Richardson 405 U.S. 676 (1972)
[Holding an oath to oppose a forceful, violent, or illegal overthrow of the government was constitutional]
Melan Bin Abdullah & Anor v PP [1971] 2 MLJ 280 (ACRJ Kuala Lumpur)
[Publication in newspaper; responsibility for negligence; Art 152 (1) of the Federal Constitution; Article 3(1)(f) of the Sedition Act; question any matter, right, status, position, […]
PP v Ooi Kee Saik & Ors [1971] 2 MLJ 108 (OCRJ Kuala Lumpur)
[Freedom of speech; Sensitive issues; Seditious tendency; Whether speech has tendency to excite disaffection; Line to be drawn between freedom of speech and sedition]