Stronger laws needed to protect women in politics
Source: Sarawak Tribune
KUCHING: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul has called for stronger laws to protect women in politics, citing online harassment and fake news as key deterrents.
Many women, he said, are hesitant to enter politics due to uncontrollable challenges on social media, including slander, fake news, criticism and threats.
“Fake news, and when we enter politics, we are exposed to criticism and threats sometimes.
“This makes women feel that it’s not worth it and right now, we see Singapore has passed laws to prevent slander and so on.
“I am considering, if necessary, to introduce such laws in Malaysia. We should do so as this would prevent relentless attacks, fake news, which ultimately does not help anyone but gives satisfaction to those irresponsible individuals who spread such slander,” he said.
He was speaking to the media after attending the 4th Meeting of the Coordination Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (WAIPA) at Damai Lagoon Resort here today (April 22).
Read here the full article published by Sarawak Tribune 22 April 2025.
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KUCHING: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul has called for stronger laws to protect women in politics, citing online harassment and fake news as key deterrents.
Many women, he said, are hesitant to enter politics due to uncontrollable challenges on social media, including slander, fake news, criticism and threats.
“Fake news, and when we enter politics, we are exposed to criticism and threats sometimes.
“This makes women feel that it’s not worth it and right now, we see Singapore has passed laws to prevent slander and so on.
“I am considering, if necessary, to introduce such laws in Malaysia. We should do so as this would prevent relentless attacks, fake news, which ultimately does not help anyone but gives satisfaction to those irresponsible individuals who spread such slander,” he said.
He was speaking to the media after attending the 4th Meeting of the Coordination Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (WAIPA) at Damai Lagoon Resort here today (April 22).
Read here the full article published by Sarawak Tribune 22 April 2025.
Image by Sarawak Tribune