Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 Malaysia

Tony pua and others should be protected under the whistleblower protection act 2010.

Whistleblower protection act 2010 malaysia. Disclosure of improper conduct 7. Part i preliminary 1. Section 7 1 a whistleblowers protection act 2010 whistleblowers should not be liable to any civil action criminal or disciplinary consequences of such disclosure. Enacted by the parliament of malaysia as follows.

In an effort to encourage whistleblowers to come forward with information on any alleged improper conduct the whistleblower protection act 2010 provides safe avenues for them to make disclosures of such alleged improper conduct whistleblowing to the relevant authorities in good faith by protecting their identities providing them with immunity from civil and criminal proceedings and. Short title and commencement 1 this act may be cited as the whistleblower protection act 2010. Act 711 is implemented by all agencies that have powers of investigation and enforcement. But stop telling malaysians that the law gives the edge protection when it clearly does not.

General powers of enforcement agency 4. Protection against detrimental action 11. Co operation with other agencies p art iii whistleblower protection 6. Section 7 1 b whistleblowers protection act 2010 whistleblowers are protected from any act prejudicial to the outcome of the reaction disclosures have been made.

Laws of malaysia act 711 whistleblower protection act 2010 arrangement of sections p art i preliminary section 1. Short title and commencement 2. Whistleblower protection act 2010 act 711 has been passed in parliament on may 6 2010. Interpretation in this act unless the context otherwise requires.

Power of minister to issue directions 5. Interpretation p art ii administration 3. Immunity from civil and criminal action 10. Steven sim malay mail online.

2 this act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the minister by notification in the gazette. Prevention is an integral part of the macc s three pronged strategy as stipulated under section 7 c d and e of the macc act 2009 to detect the risks in corruption in practices systems and work procedures and to advise on the likelihood of occurrences of corruption. Description of the act. Alternatively the whistleblower may write directly to the relevant regulatory authorities as prescribed by the whistleblower protection act 2010 including but not limited to bank negara malaysia bnm securities commission sc and malaysian anti corruption commission macc.

Securities commission which is an enforcement agency under the whistleblower protection act 2010 act. As bursa malaysia is not recognised by the legal affairs division bahagian hal ehwal undang undang bheuu of the prime minister s department who is the coordinating agency of the act as an. The law says that if you disclose instead of reporting a crime you are not a whistleblower and would in fact have committed a crime.