Repeal Emergency (Essential Powers) (No.2) Ordinance
KUCHING: The Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS) said the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No.2) Ordinance 2021 bore a resemblance to the repealed Anti-Fake News Act 2018. AAS president Antonion P. K. Sim said the Ordinance appeared to erode the Freedom of Speech and Expression as enshrined in Article 10 of the Federal Constitution and should be […]
Warning of stern action against fake news
PUTRAJAYA: The government will take stern action against individuals involved in spreading fake news that could disrupt national security and racial harmony by prosecuting them in court, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohamed Hanipa Maidin. He said all this while the government had been ‘keeping quiet’ as it felt that the public […]
