Racial slurs should be made a crime, says Noor Farida - Printable Version +- Ipoh Community Forums (https://forums.ipoh.com.my) +-- Forum: Have Peace, Stop Racism and Gender Inequality (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-82.html) +--- Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-83.html) +--- Thread: Racial slurs should be made a crime, says Noor Farida (/thread-7439.html)

Racial slurs should be made a crime, says Noor Farida - superadmin - 02-05-2023 PETALING JAYA: A law to criminalise racial remarks should be introduced, says a former top civil servant, following two incidents involving remarks by a social media influencer and a national hockey player. “I really can’t believe these kinds of things are still happening. We must introduce a law where racist remarks are considered an offence and punishable,” said Noor Farida Mohd Ariffin, a spokesperson of the G25 group of former senior civil servants. Her comments were made in the wake of remarks linked to a concert at the National Stadium last Saturday. The influencer is under police investigation, while hockey player Hanis Nadiah Onn has apologised for her remarks. Farida said if a law criminalising racist remarks was introduced, victims would be able to lodge reports against the offenders. - More -