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In what can only be described as another attack on the Press Freedom in Malaysia, Attorney-General Mohamad Apandi Ali is mulling to amend the Official Secrets Act 1972 to increase the punishment for those who leak state Secrets and journalists who report them, adding that there were increasing cases of official secrets being leaked and reported by the media quoting sources
These charges extended to journalists found protecting or refusing to disclose their sources by invoking journalistic ethics. They will be considered collaborating with a potential saboteur, the A-G added.
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The country's top Prosecutor also said that the leaking of official secrets would danger the safety of the country, adding that the Government would be toppled if official secrets were leaked
In November 2015, the Dewan Rakyat was told that the government would review its proposal to amend the Official Secrets Act 1972
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