Open access law empowers rakyat to push back 


PETALING JAYA: From a project to build artificial islands to an apartment complex that could worsen congestion in the neighbourhood, the Penang Freedom of Information Enactment has helped residents challenge government decisions that impact their everyday lives.

Civil society groups and residents say that the enactment has helped them get crucial information to challenge the state government’s decisions.

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