KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 13 -- The government has granted a moratorium allowing peaceful assemblies to proceed without requiring venue owners' permission while awaiting amendments to the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (Act 736) to take effect.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the proposed amendments, which will be tabled in the next Dewan Rakyat session, will remove the requirement for organisers to obtain approval from venue owners.
Instead, they will only need to notify the police five days before the assembly.
"This decision simplifies all forms of assemblies, except when they pose a security threat," Anwar said in a Facebook post today.
"Pending the enforcement of the new amendments, the government has granted a moratorium allowin...