Amendments to be made to Whistleblowers Protection Act to ensure complete confidentiality, says Wan Junaidi


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments will be made to the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2010 to ensure the complete confidentiality of those providing information about corruption and abuse of power, said Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

The move to amend the Act comes after weaknesses in existing laws led to an extremely low number of whistleblowers being protected for divulging information on corruption.

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