Premier Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday ( Feb 13 ) that the Malaysian government plans to amend a law that requires rally organizers to obtain site owners ‘ consent before holding public gatherings.  ,
An area of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 will be eliminated in the amendment, which Anwar claimed will make it easier for organizations that intend to hold quiet assemblies.  ,
This means that certain sites will need to be approved or removed. He was quoted as saying in Parliament that” Section 11 of the Act, which requires the owner or occupant of the property to obtain assent, may get removed from the guidelines.”  ,
Anwar and his administration were previously criticized by civil society organizations for enforcing limits on a Jan. 25 anti-corruption protest. Some reviewers had made it clear that the prime minister and his Pakatan Harapan counterparts had previously participated in city demonstrations.  ,
Prior to the rally’s organizers, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had previously requested permission from the users of the favorite meeting place near an LRT station, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall. The minister had stated that there are not “public areas” on the streets that are a few meters from the shopping center.
Amid the criticisms, Anwar then said that he had” no problems” with the rally but noted that” some locations were not approved”. The protest was attempting to press on the prime minister to, among other things, quicken the pace of the nation’s measures.
Anwar said that his unity state will repeal Section 11 of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 in response to a problem in Parliament on Thursday. Because it requires the owner or occupant of the council place’s consent, it is seen as a hindrance to demonstrations.  ,
” With this, many past behavior, including the research into the anti-corruption protest involving college kids, may be halted, and no action will remain taken”, Anwar said in his comment to Khoo Poay Tiong, who is the Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka.  ,
Khoo, a member of Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan partnership and a member of the Democratic Action Party, had questioned whether the state was prepared to alter the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 to ease people’s ability to organize peaceful protests without having to obtain their consent.  ,
Earlier, it was reported that the officers had called in over 10 college students linked to January’s anti-corruption march to record their remarks, Malay Mail reported.
The protest was attended by approximately 200 typically young protesters.  ,  ,