Malaysia legislation

Section 80

of COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA ACT 1998

Section 80

(2)

The Commission shall consider the commercial interest of the parties to whom the information relates before publishing the information.

(3)

The Commission shall not publish any information or any part of any information disclosed to it if the publication would—

(a)

disclose a matter of a confidential character;

(b)

be likely to prejudice the fair trial of a person; or

(c)

involve the unreasonable disclosure of personal information about any individual (including a deceased person), but the Commission may publish an abstract relating to such information provided that the particulars in the abstract shall not be arranged in any way which would compromise or prejudice the person providing such information.