PETALING JAYA: Lawyers fear the lack of definition of what constitutes "fake news" in the Emergency ordinance will lead to inconsistent enforcement by authorities and parties with vested interests.
"We note also that this Ordinance does not define the term 'Emergency proclamation' and its vagueness will almost definitely lead to inconsistency of its application as well as increasing the likelihood of its abuse at the hands of the enforcement authorities or other interested parties," said lawyers for Liberty (LFL) coordinator Zaid Malek Zaid.
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