Can the FINAS act be enforced on content created for social media and online? Here’s what lawyers say

Could Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah have gone beyond the intention of Parliament and the spirit of the law by invoking a 39-year-old legislation to assert Malaysia’s sovereignty over a controversial documentary by a Qatari news agency? Several lawyers familiar with the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) Act 1981 said Saifuddin’s caution to today’s film … Continue reading Can the FINAS act be enforced on content created for social media and online? Here’s what lawyers say