Anti-Fake News Act repealed


Reports by MARTIN CARVALHO, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, RAHIMY RAHIM and LOSHANA K SHAGAR 

THE Anti-Fake News Act, which critics claimed was unnecessary and muzzled press freedom as well as being bulldozed through Parlia­ment, was abolished after a three-hour debate.

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