Competition, Used For Good

Mervyn Lai, Senior Associate, Tommy Thomas Advocates

02-Apr-21 07:15

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The Malaysian Competition Commission, better known as MyCC, is seeking amendments to the Competition Act 2010. But in the first place what is the ambit of this government agency and does it have any teeth? Mervyn Lai, Senior Associate at Tommy Thomas Advocates gives us a 101 on the law.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning, Philip See

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Categories: Politics, Social Issues, law & legal matters, Investments

Tags: MyCC, competition, monopoly, amendments,

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