The anti-fake news law in Malaysia was introduced by the Barisan Nasional in May 2018. Pakatan Harapan tried to repeal the bill last year but was blocked by the Senate which was controlled by the opposition Barisan Nasional coalition. Pakatan Harapan subsequently waited for the cooling off period before they tried again in October this year.
Seeing that our neighboring country did it, it gives some of our citizens hope that our very own POFMA can be changed or removed too. POFMA has been used four times since it's introduction on Singapore Democratic Party, Progress Singapore Party's Brad Bowyer, leader of People's Voice party Lim Tean and Alex Tan who writes on States Times Review.
Many have accused our Government for misusing the law and wants to at least have our courts be in charge of charging people with it so that we can achieve a higher level of transparency and accountability. However, they paid no heed to these opinions.
Our elections are expected to come soon. If a new government is voted in, do you think we have a higher chance of this law being removed?
