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– Brunei government employee charged with sedition over Facebook post (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 31, 2017

A government employee in Brunei was charged with violating the Sedition Act over a Facebook post criticising the Halal certification policy of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
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