KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed an application for leave for a judicial review by Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd challenging the Anti-Fake News Act 2018 as unconstitutional, null and void and has no effect.
High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Azizah Nawawi said the Act was a penal law which creates a criminal offence for any person and such person is liable to a fine not exceeding RM500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six years or both.
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