DPM vows to revisit Printing Presses Act


Meeting of minds: Dr Ahmad Zahid mingling with (from left) Wong, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, New Straits Times Press (M) chief executive officer Datuk Seri Abdul Jalil Hamid and Aziz at the luncheon talk in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: The Deputy Prime Minister has pledged to revisit the controversial Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, a law that is seen to curtail freedom of speech and press freedom.

Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Ha­­midi said he wants to create a smart partnership with the media as the existence of online media and social media platform is forcing everyone, including the Govern­ment, to be more open.

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