Kuala Lampur, Oct. 9 -- The Anti-Fake News Act has been repealed by the Dewan Rakyat again after it was rebuffed by the Dewan Negara.

At the policy level, the Bill had 93 ayes and 53 nays while at the committee level, it saw 92 ayes and 51 nays during a voting before Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Yusof.

The government first tabled the Bill in September last year and it got past the Dewan Rakyat, but was rejected by the Dewan Negara.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong re-tabled the Bill for the first reading.

The Bill seeks to repeal the Anti-Fake News Act 2018 (Act 803) which was passed by Parliament during the previous Barisan Nasional administration.

According to the Bill, copies of which were circulat...