Mohd Ali @ Ramli, Azlin Namili and A. Rahman, Aspalella and Yaacob, Nurli (2018) Combating Corruption: The Two Challenges under Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 of Malaysia. In: The 9th UUM International Legal Conference 2017: Law, Justice and Integrity, 23-24 September 2017, EDC Hotels and Resort, UUM Sintok,Kedah.

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Abstract

The paper reviews on two challenges of a whistleblower in disclosing information on wrongdoing under Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 (WPA 2010) in Malaysia. Two elements regarding the definition of whistleblower under the act has become obstacles for a whistleblower to expose the misconduct. The first element obliged the wrongdoing to be exposed only through enforcement agencies despite the agencies are considered among the corrupt institutions in Malaysia. The second element required that the wrongdoing does not come under the purview of any written law regardless if the wrongdoing is against public policy. Additionally, this paper used the analytical and comparative legal research method where some statutes and decided cases were analyze in order to identify the problems, examine the merits and bring improvements to the definition concerned. The findings shows that a whistleblower will not be protected under WPA 2010 if he goes against the two criteria’s of the definition above , instead he can be charged for breaching the above criterias

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISSN: 23571330 ISBN: 9781802960518
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Corruption”, “challenges”, “Whistleblower Protection Act 2010”, “Malaysia
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	School of Law
Depositing User:	Mdm. Sarkina Mat Saad @ Shaari
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2024 09:08
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2024 09:08
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31160

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