Official Secret Act 1972 In Malaysia

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Official secret act 1972 in malaysia. This memorandum analyses the malaysia official secrets act the act against international standards on the right to freedom of expression. Enacted in 1972 malaysia s official secrets act osa has been criticized for stifling dissent and freedom of expression through its provisions that grant absolute power to the authorities to. Malaysia today your source of independent news. The official secrets act 1972 malay.

Civil societies want the official secrets act 1972 osa repealed to encourage transparency in the new government. Official secrets 5 laws of malaysia act 88 official secrets act 1972 an act to revise and consolidate the law relating to the protection of official secrets. Whoever knows what that means angkat tangan. The act which was brought in force in 1972 1 is a broadly worded law that entrenches a culture of secrecy in all matters relating to public administration.

The legislation is based on the official secrets act of the united kingdom after criticism of the act for lacking clarity it was amended in 1986. If you raised your hand good. Official secrets act 1972. Official secrets act 1972.

Country or any organisation within or without malaysia either directly or indirectly for the purpose of committing an act either within or without malaysia prejudicial to the safety or interests of malaysia or who has or is reasonably. This says the governance inte grity accountability and transpa rency giat a coalition of seven civil society organisations should be part of the institutional reform that should be carried out by the government to ensure transparency in the country. Pandan mp rafizi ramli was charged with two offences under the official secrets act 1972 osa for allegedly releasing classified information on 1malaysia development berhad 1mdb. 1 october 1972 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan agong with the advice and consent of the dewan negara and dewan rakyat in parliament assembled and by the.

1 in any prosecution for an offence under this act the fact that a person has been in communication with or attempted to communicate with a foreign agent whether within or without malaysia shall be evidence that he has for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of malaysia obtained or attempted to obtain or to communicate information which is likely to be or might be or is. It contains a very ample.