A-G has seen drafts of press law changes
No changes yet, says Hisham
The government is far from ready to amend the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, said Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein on Wednesday, a day after his ministrys top civil servant had said the opposite.Hishammuddin said the proposed changes are still at the very, very early stages and it has not even been decided what exactly the amendments will entail.Nothing has been finalised. With the committee (on strengthening government communications) in place, whatever views will first be brought before the committee, Hishammuddin said at Parliament House after a meeting of the governments communications committee.On Tuesday Home Ministry secretary-general Mahmood Adam said the government plans to table the amendments in Parliament in March.But Hishammuddin said: Even we dont know what amendments will be made We might even loosen (provisions of the law), he said.
Rules on sedition for Internet
The government has also said it was finalising guidelines on sedition to cover Internet content on news sites and blogs.They are to be tabled before the Cabinet, said law minister Nazri Aziz on Wednesday.http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/154562
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