Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said said of the total, four were charged with the offence.
“Two of the individuals were charged at the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court and their cases are ongoing, while the other two individuals were charged in the Seremban Sessions Court, but were acquitted and discharged of the charge on April 16 last year.
“The prosecution has filed an appeal against the court’s decision in acquitting them, and the hearings were fixed at the Seremban High Court for March 25 and April 7 this year,” she said.
Azalina was responding to a question by Johari Mat who wanted to know the number of people who had been charged for leaking government information.
Azalina said although there were more incidents involving leakage of government information, the challenge was that the existing laws did not cover leakage of information through information technology.
She said the Chief Government Security Office (CGSO) had the hard task of gathering information if government secrets or information were leaked.
Hence, the need for existing laws to be amended to protect government secrets and information, she added.
– BERNAMA