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The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri informed the Parliament today that the law enforcers in Malaysia are empowered under five kinds of different laws to tap any conversation that they believe can lead to a criminal investigation.
“The Public Prosecutor is empowered to allow the police to intercept communications should he or she feel that the communications may contain any information pertaining to the commission of an offence,” said Nancy adding the list of laws which allowed such actions to be taken. The laws under Section 27A of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, Section 11 of the Kidnapping Act 1961, Section 43 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Act 2009 and Section 6 of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 allowed phone tapping as one way to investigate about criminals.
“From 2009 onwards, there was no communication interception involving any politicians. Requests for communication interception are usually made during investigation or intelligence gathering by police or other enforcement agencies. The request usually does not refer to any specific subject, but more for communications which need to be intercepted for information gathering and evidence, for intelligence gathering and criminal investigation,” said Nancy in a written reply to DAP’s Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong.
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