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New amendments to strengthen Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 expands scope, improve reporting mechanisms, says Azalina

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The government should consider establishing an independent commission to protect whistleblowers and provide a secure and lawful reporting avenue, particularly when the agency tasked with handling such reports is itself involved in misconduct.

By Danial Dzulkifly KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The long-standing legal loophole that had severely limited the effectiveness of Malaysia’s whistleblower protection law has finally been closed, Bangi MP Syahredzan Johan said today as Parliament debated amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 17 — The Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU) of the Prime Minister’s Department is leading efforts to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 (Act 711) to strengthen protections for whistleblowers and enhance the effectiveness of information dissemination.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is playing an active role in efforts to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, which is currently at the stakeholder engagement stage.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — Those seeking to report an offence must go through proper agency channels to qualify for protection under the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The former deputy chief executive officer of Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), the first individual charged under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, was freed by the Sessions Court here today from the charge of causing a whistleblower who exposed his misconduct to the Malaysian Ati-Corruption Commission to be sacked.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — A deputy director of a private company was brought to the Sessions Court here today for causing an employee of the company to be sacked, for informing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the former's wrongdoings.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 18 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained approval from the Attorney General's Chambers to charge a senior official of a company at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court at 8.30am today.