Heavy penalty for fake news


KUALA LUMPUR: Those who knowingly create and spread fake news could end up RM500,000 poorer or jailed up to 10 years.

These are among the proposed penalties under the Anti-Fake News Bill 2018 tabled at the Dewan Rakyat for first reading yesterday.

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