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THE PRINTING PRESSES AND PUBLICATIONS ACT 1984 (PPPA) - Coggle Diagram
THE PRINTING PRESSES AND PUBLICATIONS ACT 1984 (PPPA)
About PPPA?
Known as Act 131.
Replaced the Printing Presses Act 1948 and the Control of Imported Publications Act 1958
Based on Printing Presses Ordinance 1948 used during Emergency period caused by communist insurgency.
The Ordinance became the PPPA in 1984.
Group 2:
Chew Wei Kang
Lee Wei Jie
Foong Chen Kit
What is PPPA?
Regulates the use of printing presses and the printing, importation, Production, reproduction, publishing and distribution of publications and for the matters connected therewith.
Consists of 5 Parts:
• Part I: Preliminary
• Part II: Licensing of Printing Presses
• Part III: Permit to Publish Newspaper
• Part IV: Control of Undesirable Publications
• Part V: Miscellaneous
Used to strengthen and tighten the law regarding the monitoring of ownership of printing presses and the production of materials such as books, papers and magazines.
reasons why the government wants to restrict freedom of the press and
introduced PPPA in Malaysia
to ensure racial order
to limit the ability of foreign presses in influencing people’s attitudes and minds against the government and country as a whole
The government often threatened parties or presses that against them since 1987.
Exp: Harakah owned by PAS, Suara owned by PRM and The Rocket owned by DAP
It caused presses like Harakah had been forced to limit its circulation from twice a week to twice a month and just only for private party members instead of public
It also named our ex-Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad as one of the enemies of press government because the government severely restricts the public's ability
looks like the government seeking to control people’s mind, not the western media. By controlling the media, the ruling party could also contain political opposition.
government uses its power to strengthen the media laws particularly the PPPA and control almost all local media companies either directly or indirectly.