Putrajaya hiding behind Secrets Act to muzzle CEP report, say civil societies
Head of the Council of Eminent Persons Daim Zainuddin surrounded by pressmen at Ilham Tower in Kuala Lumpur on August 20, last year. The CEP was dismantled after PH’s first 100 days in government. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 29, 2019.
CIVIL society groups have slammed the government for keeping the Council of Eminent Persons report a state secret, saying that the move showed Putrajaya’s lack of transparency when it comes to issues of public interest. Instead of “hiding behind” the Official Secrets Act , Putrajaya should make transparency the cornerstone of its administration, said Cynthia Gabriel of the Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism .
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