He was commenting on an expose by PKR Secretary-General Rafizi Ramli on the links between 1MDB and the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) based on the Auditor-General’s Report which currently is classified under the OSA.

“That’s why the government wants to amend the Act. This is so that those who are entrusted with official secrets really understand the importance of ensuring that they are not leaked.

“The amendment is also to allow for a heavier punishment against those who had taken the Act lightly. Right now they’re saying, ‘it’s okay, you can disseminate information that is under the OSA’,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

Rafizi, at a press conference at the Parliament lobby yesterday, had distributed a page of the A-G’s report claiming that it revealed the arrears 1MDB owed to an LTAT subsidiary company, Perbadanan Perwira Hartanah Malaysia.

The arrears, he claimed, had directly affected LTAT’s cash flow which then resulted in the delay in gratuity payments to non-pensionable veteran soldiers.

Nur Jazlan criticised Rafizi’s act of defiance, saying that the document was under the OSA which prescribed its own offences and punishments.

“The police will launch an investigation now that Rafizi has admitted to giving OSA documents. We will investigate first to make sure the documents are indeed under the OSA and if they are, then we will press charges.”