PUTRAJAYA, Jan. 13 -- Was the Court of Appeal correct to decide that "offensive" online comments with the intention to annoy is no longer a crime in Malaysia?

The Federal Court is expected to decide on February 6.

A panel of five judges will deliver the decision, chaired by Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh. The other judges are Tan Sri Nallini Pathmanathan, Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali, Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali and Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah.

Today, the Federal Court heard the government's appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision, which was in favour of activist Heidy Quah's challenge against parts of Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA).

Previously on August 19, 2025, the ...