Putrajaya to amend 'tyrannical' NSC Act, not repeal it

PARLIAMENT | The Pakatan Harapan government says that the controversial National Security Council (NSC) Act 2016 will be amended, despite an electoral campaign promise to abolish the law.

The NSC Act was listed in its manifesto as among the several "tyrannical" acts enacted by the previous BN administration.

"The government has studied the NSC Act thoroughly, and decided that it will only be amended and not abolished," deputy de facto Law Minister Hanipa Maidin said in a written parliament reply dated Monday.