In view of the media quoting official secret reports in the news, Attorney-General Mohamad Apandi Ali is mulling to amend laws to increase the punishment for those who leak secrets and journalists who report them.
He said the AG chambers is looking to amend the Official Secrets Act 1972, to include life imprisonment and 10 strokes of the rotan as punishments.
"In some countries, the leaking of official secrets is a serious offense, like in China where it carries the death sentence," he told Sinchew Daily in an exclusive interview.
The top prosecutor insisted that should journalists protect or refuse to reveal the sources by invoking journalistic ethics, they will considered as collaborating with a potential saboteur.
"We may charge the journalist who refuse to reveal the sources.
"I am not joking. If I have 90% of evidence, I will charge journalist, editor, assistant editor and editor-in-chief. I am serious, not kidding. We have too many leakage of secrets in Malaysia.
"The right to know is not granted by the constitution," he said. -Mkini
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