A-G mulls stiffer penalties for leaking official secrets


PUTRAJAYA: The Attorney-General’s Cham­bers is considering increasing the punishment on those who leak official secrets, said Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali.

He said there were increasing cases of official secrets being leaked and reported by the media quoting sources.

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