Official Secret Act 1972 In Malaysia

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.

Official secret act 1972 in malaysia. Civil societies want the official secrets act 1972 osa repealed to encourage transparency in the new government. Whoever knows what that means angkat tangan. Malaysia today your source of independent news. 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. This memorandum analyses the malaysia official secrets act the act against international standards on the right to freedom of expression. The official secrets act 1972 malay. This act may be cited as the official secrets act 1972.

2 interpretation cite 1 in this act. 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. Akta rahsia rasmi 1972 abbreviated osa is a statute in malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret. 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.

If you raised your hand good. Official secrets act 1972. 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. 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.

The pakatan harapan government will revise the whistleblower protection act 2010 the official secrets act 1972 and the witness protection act 2009 and we will make the necessary improvements. 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.