Whistleblower Protection Act Malaysia

Laws of malaysia act 711 whistleblower protection act 2010 arrangement of sections p art i preliminary section 1.

Whistleblower protection act malaysia. In an effort to encourage whistleblowers to come forward with information on any alleged improper conduct the whistleblower protection act 2010 provides safe avenues for them to make disclosures of such alleged improper conduct whistleblowing to the relevant authorities in good faith by protecting their identities providing them with immunity from civil and criminal proceedings and. Co operation with other agencies p art iii whistleblower protection 6. Protection against detrimental action 11. Section 7 1 b whistleblowers protection act 2010 whistleblowers are protected from any act prejudicial to the outcome of the reaction disclosures have been made.

Many people are misleading malaysians regarding malaysia s whistleblower protection act 2010 wpa. Short title and commencement 2. Interpretation p art ii administration 3. The companies commission of malaysia.

The law says that if you disclose instead of reporting a crime you are not a whistleblower and would in fact have committed a crime. Alternatively the whistleblower can report to regulators or law enforcement agencies directly eg bank negara malaysia malaysian anti corruption commission the police labour department etc under the whistleblower protection act 2010. Securities commission which is an enforcement agency under the whistleblower protection act 2010 act. In turn whistleblowers are given 3 types of protections.

As bursa malaysia is not recognised by the legal affairs division bahagian hal ehwal undang undang bheuu of the prime minister s department who is the coordinating agency of the act as an. Prevention is an integral part of the macc s three pronged strategy as stipulated under section 7 c d and e of the macc act 2009 to detect the risks in corruption in practices systems and work procedures and to advise on the likelihood of occurrences of corruption. Disclosure of improper conduct 7. General powers of enforcement agency 4.

Protection of confidential information 9. Alternatively the whistleblower may report directly to relevant government or regulatory authorities and enforcement agencies in malaysia as prescribed by the whistleblower protection act 2010 such as bank negara malaysia bnm malaysian anti corruption commission macc association of banks malaysia abm police etc. Immunity from civil and criminal action 10. Section 7 1 a whistleblowers protection act 2010 whistleblowers should not be liable to any civil action criminal or disciplinary consequences of such disclosure.