The Home Ministry has deferred plans to table proposed amendments to the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 (PPPA) pending consultations with all stakeholders.

This is because the government wanted to prioritise the tabling of amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA), which also impacts journalists and the media industry, said Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.  

“We are not going ahead with...