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Malaysia's fake-news law is here to stay, new PM says - C C - May 14, 2018
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-fake-news-law-in-effect-prime-minister-mahathir-mohamad/
EXCERPT: Malaysia's government passed the "Anti-Fake News Bill 2018" in April, making both creating and sharing fake news punishable by up to six years in prison. It was seen as a way for then-Prime Minister Najib Razak to quell political dissent. Just over a month later, Malaysia has a new Prime Minister in Mahathir Mohamad. But he's not in a rush to do away with the fake-news bill, despite being the victim of it just weeks ago.
[...] Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, a Danish national in the country, became the first person to be convicted under the country's fake-news law in early May. Sulaiman's conviction was based on a video he posted to YouTube accusing the police of taking 50 minutes to respond to distress calls following a shooting in Kuala Lumpur on April 21. Police refuted the allegations, saying they took eight minutes to respond....
MORE: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-fake-news-law-in-effect-prime-minister-mahathir-mohamad/