Modalities to Address Legal Impediments to the Citizens’Right to Impart Public Sector Information

Abstract

This paper conducts a comparative analysis of various modalities currently being adopted in selected countries to address legal impediments to the citizens’ rights to impart public sector information (PSI). Previous studies have identified a myriad of laws currently in force in Malaysia which impede the citizens’ rights to impart PSI. In the absence of sui generis law on the right to information, disclosure, publication, communication and distribution of PSI is subject to these laws. This paper surveyed to identify the most appropriate modalities for adaptation in Malaysia and later suggested the appropriate modalities to address the legal impediments.   

Keywords: Legal impediment; Right to information; Modalities; Citizens.   

eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.   
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI1.2322