After being shelved for 5 years, Freedom of Information Bill gets moving again

The government has implemented a number of key steps with a view to enacting the long-awaited Freedom of Information Act at the federal level, says Ramkarpal Singh.

The deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said the government is meeting with key stakeholders to review and finetune measures in the bill, which was first approved in principle by the Pakatan Harapan Cabinet on July 11, 2018.

“Today, the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department...