Harapan’s backtrack on whistleblowers engaging the media

Yesterday, Pakatan Harapan supremo and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim defended the controversial provision under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010.
The provision essentially means whistleblowers would forfeit their protected status if they approached the media first, before reporting the transgression to the authorities.
His stance appears to be at odds with what his own coalition had promised in their 15th general election manifesto.
Under its chapter on…