No need for Economic Sabotage Act, say lawyers

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Lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla says any perception that there are no laws which offer redress stems from the public’s lack of knowledge and information.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/04/19/no-need-for-economic-sabotage-act-say-lawyers/    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #EconomicSabotageAct #PublicKnowledge #Law

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00:00 Lawyers have dismissed calls for the enactment of a new law to deal with acts of economic sabotage,

00:07 saying existing laws are sufficient to address such matters.

00:11 Hanif Khatri Abdullah said the penal code contains a number of offences

00:16 which already deal with arson and acts of vandalism towards persons, properties and businesses.

00:22 Hanif also said existing civil laws, especially in the area of tort,

00:28 offer aggrieved parties avenues to seek financial and other forms of relief from saboteurs.

00:35 He said having laws passed one after another without knowing how to effectively implement them

00:41 serves no purpose and would be a waste of time.

00:44 Previously, the Small and Medium Enterprises Association proposed the enactment of an economic sabotage act

00:51 to deal with actions by individuals and groups, including politicians,

00:55 designed to cause damage to the economy such as the resale and monopolization of government contracts.

01:01 Samantha President William Ng said it could also be tailored to include criminalizing actions

01:07 designed to sabotage businesses, especially in light of recent arson attacks

01:12 and organized boycotts targeting private enterprises.

01:15 Meanwhile, lawyer Rafiq Rashid Ali warned against penalizing those who promote the boycott of businesses,

01:21 saying it would infringe upon the public's right to stage peaceful protests.

01:26 (upbeat music)

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