Malaysia toughens sedition law to include online media ban, mandatory jail

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has strengthened its controversial sedition law, imposing a minimum jail term of three years and allowing the government to block online media deemed to be seditious, lawmakers said on Friday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/454416cf/sc/7/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/224851407680/u/49/f/654198/c/35217/s/454416cf/sc/7/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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