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Malaysia Under Fire for COVID-19 'Fake News' Ordinance – The Diplomat


Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin receives a COVID-19 vaccination on February 24, 2021.
Credit: Facebook/Muhyiddin Yassin
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Civil liberties activists and opposition parties in Malaysia have come out strongly against a new “fake news” ordinance introduced by the government of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin last week.
The Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021 was issued on March 11 and came into effect the following day. It will make it an offence to publish or reproduce any “wholly or partly false” information related to COVID-19 or the state of emergency announced in January to combat the pandemic
The ordinance imposes sentences of up to three years in prison for the creation, publication, distribution, or dissemination of “fake news” that is “likely to cause fear or alarm to the public.” “Fake news” is defined as “news, information, data and reports which is or are wholly or partly false relating to COVI ....

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