Hanipa: CEP to remain classified, OSA won't be abused

Geraldine TongPublished: Mar 28, 2019 8:42 AM | Updated: Mar 28, 2019 9:05 AM

PARLIAMENT | The Council of Eminent Persons' (CEP) report will remain under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) only to protect confidential information and not to conceal wrongdoing.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Hanipa Maidin said this was unlike the previous BN government which used the OSA to conceal corruption.

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