A request to reveal the remuneration, perks and benefits received by Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari and state exco, Izham Hashim as directors of the company involved in an RM700 million Selangor Maritime Gateway (SMG) project were rejected on grounds of protecting personal data.

Green Party activist Abdul Razak Ismail said the Selangor government’s reply to his request for these details under the state’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Enactment was simply that it was a “secret”...