Apandi: Difficult to balance confidentiality, public policy

comments     Hafiz Yatim     Published     Updated

Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali today painstakingly described the difficulty faced by his chambers in balancing confidentiality and public policy.

He said while the public expects transparency in governance, there are standard exceptions.

“Transparency is not a constitutional right. Freedom of information is not a value necessary at the expense of other laws...

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