KUALA LUMPUR: Those who knowingly create and spread fake news could end up RM500,000 poorer or jailed up to 10 years. The Bill, tabled by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, seeks to deal with fake news by providing for certain offences and measures to curb dissemination of falsehoods. Bill tabled: Azalina at a luncheon briefing on the Anti-Fake News Bill for Backbenchers Club members at Parliament yesterday. Anyone affected by a publication containing fake news may apply ex parte to the Court for an order for the removal of such material. Those ordered to remove publications containing fake news may also apply to set aside the order within 14 days of it being served.

Source: The Star March 26, 2018 23:32 UTC