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Amendments to Child Act to be tabled in October – FREE Amendments will involve more than 70 per cent adjustment, including heavier penalties. http://owl.li/2ZGW8h Amendments to Child Act to be tabled in Octoberowl.liFREE Amendments will involve more than 70 per cent adjustment, including heavi …

Proposed legislative amendments to allow "protected witnesses" to testify in secret will cause problems for the criminal justice system, warned Lawyers for Liberty (LFL). Secret witness law will cause injustice, says LFLwww.malaysiakini.comIf new law passed, secret witness will be protecte …

Is KWAP bill meant to increase transparency or secrecy? Proposed amendments to RM112 bil pension fund also include "obligation to secrecy", with RM100,000 fines or jail for leaking information. KWAP bill: Improving transparency or secrecy?www.kinibiz.comThe controversial amendments to the …

During the wee hours of last Friday, amendments were made to the Sedition Act 1948 reinforcing this archaic law with more powers besides imposing harsher penalties. http://ow.ly/LJkka Who were the 108 who voted on the Sedition bill?www.malaysiakini.comAfter an arduous process, Malaysiakini manages t …

The Sedition Act (Amendment) Bill was passed with amendments after a gruelling 12-hour debate at 2.30am Friday through voice vote. There is no tally of MPs who voted for or against the bill in the final vote as there was no request for bloc voting. This is the third time bills are passed past midnig …

Amendments to the Sedition Act passed by the Dewan Rakyat in the wee hours of Friday does not give the government a free ticket to oppress dissenters, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. http://ow.ly/LpYHu Criticism against gov't now not seditiouswww.malaysiakini.comUPDATED 5.05AM Zahid says …

PCA amendments passed, safeguards removed – An annual report need not be tabled anymore and detention provision need not be renewed. http://ow.ly/2X2zb2 PCA amendments passed, safeguards removedwww.malaysiakini.comAn annual report need not be tabled anymore and detention provision need not be …

PCA amendments aim to remove safeguards – Gov’t seeks to remove sunset clause and Parliament scrutiny for arrests. http://ow.ly/2WXCZE PCA amendments aim to remove safeguardswww.malaysiakini.comGov’t seeks to remove sunset clause and Parliament scrutiny for arrests. Malaysiakini’s Facebo …

COMMENT The amendments may take PAS down a path of democratic decline. PAS’s hudud folly – a political putsch Part I Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

Tomorrow the Islamist party PAS is scheduled to introduce ‘minor’ amendments to the hudud legislation it introduced in Kelantan in 1993. The bill cannot be implemented as the constitution currently prevents the legislation from having effect. Although limited in scope, the move nevertheless will hav …

Amendments sought for the Syariah Criminal Code II Enactment 1993 will ensure that non-Muslims are not subjected to the law. Amendments will exclude non-Muslims from hududwww.malaysiakini.comNon-Muslims in Kelantan will soon lose the option to be tried under syariah law. Malaysiakini’s Faceboo …

Amendments sought for the Syariah Criminal Code II Enactment 1993 will ensure that non-Muslims are not subjected to the law. Amendments will exclude non-Muslims from hududwww.malaysiakini.comNon-Muslims in Kelantan will soon lose the option to be tried under syariah law. Malaysiakini’s Faceboo …

#RCISabah #RCISabahMkini No amendments were made to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Immigrants of Sabah report, RCI secretary Saripuddin Kasim insisted: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/282409 Suspicions were raised because the 368-page report was only released today about six months after it was …

Sedition Act amendments may include libel on social media, Communications and Multimedia Ahmad Shabery Cheek said: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/282179 Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak last week reneged on his 2012 promise to repeal the Act, saying that the Act will be strengthened. Shabery said …