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Plans to amend the Official Secrets Act (OSA) to punish whistleblowers and journalists with life imprisonment would be regressive if true, warned MCA president Liow Tiong Lai.

"MCA is very concerned about the development of the issue. [...] This would be a backward step," he told Malaysiakini .

However, Liow, who is also transport minister, stressed that he had yet to see attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali's plans, and therefore reserved further judgement.

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