Freedom Of Speech In Malaysia Case Law
Article 10 of the federal constitution freedom of speech assembly and association in part.
Freedom of speech in malaysia case law. However the ph coalition has. In december of 2019 parliament successfully scrapped the anti fake news act 2018. As per the court of appeal in utusan melayu m bhd v dato sri diraja hj adnan bin hj yaakob 2016 5 mlj 56 at p 69. Malaysia s freedom of the press is derived from the freedom of speech.
Malaysia saw some promising improvements since may 2018. 1 subject to clauses 2 3 and 4. Article 10 of the constitution of malaysia guarantees malaysian citizens the right to freedom of speech freedom of assembly and freedom of association unlike comparable provisions in constitutional law such as the first amendment to the united states constitution article 10 entitles citizens to such freedoms as are not restricted by the government instead of absolutely guaranteeing those. Even though our government celebrates freedom of speech and being open minded it is important that this freedom is practiced according to the limits of the law and society s norms.