Freedom of Information Law: What Does It Do?
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Freedom of Information law: What does it do?
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The government has introduced a proposed law that sets out how Malaysians can request access to information held by federal public authorities.This proposed law — Freedom of Information — establishes the procedures for making requests, how public authorities handles and manages requests. It is also intended to regulate the process for requesting access to information, without overriding existing secrecy laws or creating a…
Beyond Freedom of Infromation: Building an Open Data Governance Framework for Malaysia
By Thenesh Anbalagan and Ng Sze Fung READ REPORT HERE Malaysia is entering a new phase of information governance. The Data Sharing Act 2025 provides a legal framework for federal agencies to exchange data, while the Statistics Bill 2026, passed by the Dewan Rakyat in July 2026, seeks to modernise the production and coordination of official statistics. The Freedom of Information Bill 2026 has now been introduced in Parliament and referred to a pa…
The federal government is planning a reform of the Freedom of Information Act, Darmstadt has its own statute for this. The need for transparency is increasing, but the harsh tone is also increasing.
With the promise of cutting red tape, laws and rules serving the well-being of society are abolished or watered down. Think only of the protection of climate, environment and health. And now the hard-won freedom of information over many years. Other countries are better off, for example, the USA with its Freedom of Information Act, which came into force in 1967. Or Sweden: There, the public principle, i.e. the right to look into the files of the…
The reform plans show how the government is ticking: it wants to demand everything, but does not let itself be looked at. The concern for security is advanced. A comment.
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