Surely that is reason enough to want rid of legislation whose origins goback to when the thrust of British colonial policy was to the Indians?

要甩开那来自英国殖民时代，用来同化印地安人的政策，这样的理由足够嘛？

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Mr. Najib announced plans to repeal the colonial-era legislation as part of a series of political reforms aimed at allowing greater freedom of expression in this still tightly policed nation of 28 million.

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