Reforms needed for witness protection in new Bill, says Azalina


PUTRAJAYA: Those under witness protection as whistleblowers should not be kept as witnesses for a protracted period, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic).

The Minister in charge of Law and Institutional Reform said that this was one of the areas being looked at following a Bill to be tabled in Parliament this coming June to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act.

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