The Star | February 3, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR: The guidelines on laws governing the dissemination of information through the media, including the Internet, will be tabled at the Cabinet meeting soon.
Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the guidelines covered the Sedition Act 1948, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.
He said the guidelines, which were prepared by the Attorney-General’s Chambers, were endorsed by the Cabinet’s special committee to strengthen the government’s communications strategy chaired by minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz on Wednesday.
“It does not involve tabling in Parliament as the laws already exist and the A-G’s Chambers has made the guidelines clearer,” Rais told reporters after witnessing the renewal of Kumpulan Utusan Malaysia (M) Bhd’s contract as the airtime marketing agent of Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) here today.
He added the guidelines shed more light on the purpose of each act and actions that could be taken against those who violated it.
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