KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Malaysia’s efforts to draft its first-ever federal Freedom of Information (FOI) law mark an important milestone in strengthening transparency, accountability and good governance.

Director-general of the Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU) in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Zamri Misman, said this year’s 10th anniversary of Unesco’s designation of Sept 28 as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) marked a decade of global progress and challenges in advancing the right to information, making Malaysia’s reform efforts even more timely and significant.