Whistleblower protection: Long-awaited breakthrough
| On July 22, 2025, the Dewan Rakyat passed the Whistleblower Protection (Amendment) Bill 2025, marking a long-overdue step forward for whistleblower protection in Malaysia.
The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) celebrates this development as a crucial milestone in the country's anti-corruption journey, following years of persistent advocacy to strengthen safeguards for those who speak out against wrongdoing.
This also marks the first major anti-corruption reform by the Madani government.
Key amendments include:
Section 6: Removal of the proviso that disallows a whistleblower to receive protection if the disclosure is prohibited by written law; and
Section 11: Inserting Section 11(1A), which provides enforcement agencies with discretion to maintain whistleblower protection even if whistleblowers are implicated in wrongdoing.
Secrecy laws no longer a deterrent
The now-removed Section 6 proviso of the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010...
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