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