Kuala Lampur, Feb. 9 -- In the case of Minister of Energy, Water and Communication & Anor v Malaysian Trade Union Congress & Ors [2013], a case involving an application for judicial review, the Court of Appeal had occasion to consider the Official Secrets Act 1972 (Act 88).

Court of Appeal Judge Zaleha Zahari (as she then was), who delivered a majority judgment, explained the Act as dealing with the prevention of unauthorised disclosure of official secrets and created offences for any such infringement.

The term "official secrets" is defined by Section 2 to mean "any document specified in the Schedule and any information and material relating thereto and includes any other official document, information and material as may be classified...