Licence required for all filming activities and 9 news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.

1. Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah (above) said the law currently requires a licence for all filming activities, even for social media use, but the government does not intend to use this to stifle personal freedoms and a review of the law is underway.

2. Saifuddin’s comments drew brickbats from politicians, lawyers and netizens alike, including PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil, who said the minister should resign for his latest misstep.

3. Interested in getting a filming licence from the National Film Development Corporation but you are not sure what it entails? The latest instalment of KiniGuide has you covered.

 4. The government will make the wearing of face masks in public transportation and crowded public spaces mandatory, beginning Aug 1, as the number of active Covid-19 cases doubled since July 9, with compliance with containment efforts falling.

5. Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad mooted the setting up of a new political party, should his legal challenge against Bersatu’s move to terminate his membership is unsuccessful.

6. Warisan chairperson Liew Vui Keong said the Sabah government has been hit by a second attempt at a political coup, with many of its assemblypersons being unsuccessfully induced to defect.

7. Ipoh Timur MP said the Public Accounts Committee is still waiting for new members to be appointed for it to begin its work, Parliamentary special select committee on defence and home affairs chairperson Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said his committee is also waiting for new appointments to be made.

8. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said the Attorney-General’s Chambers originally proposed to prosecute Astro over Al Jazeera’s 2015 documentary on the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, but it persuaded the AGC to issue compound notices instead.

9. Former Indonesian attorney-general HM Prasetyo said his Malaysian counterpart Apandi Ali once proposed dropping a corruption conviction against the fugitive Djoko Tjandra.

10. The Slim by-election will be held on Aug 29, after a 14-day campaign period beginning on nomination day on Aug 15.