KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 13 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that the Peaceful Assemblies Act 2012 will be amended in the next parliamentary session.
He further said that Putrajaya will remove problematic Section 11 which has been an obstacle to demonstrators as it requires the consent of the owner or occupier of the place of assembly.
"The government agrees to amend the Peaceful Assemblies Act 2012 to ease and to help bodies or groups that have decided to hold peaceful assemblies.
"This means the need to get approval for certain locations will be amended or removed. Section 11 of the Act - requiring obtaining approval from the owner or occupier of the place will be removed from the rules," the prime minister said in Parlia...