Insap urges MCMC to narrow scope, shorten retention and strengthen safeguards in proposed communications data framework


  • Letters
  • Tuesday, 19 Aug 2025

The Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap) recently convened a closed-door roundtable on Aug 12, with civil society organisations, policy experts and advocacy groups to discuss the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission’s (MCMC) Public Consultation Paper on Retention, Preservation and Disclosure of Communications Data for Investigation Purposes.

The Public Consultation, first announced on July 25 and later extended to Aug 18, seeks feedback on the proposed framework that will govern how communications data is stored, preserved and disclosed to law enforcement.

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