Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang asked who the people should listen to when ministers are sending mixed signals about the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No 2) Ordinance 2021 which granted the government sweeping powers to combat purported "fake news".

Lim noted that while Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah yesterday assured that the government will differentiate between criticisms and fake news, his colleague Takiyuddin Hassan, who is the de facto law minister, has given a different message...