Khairy: Reforms needed in the media to regain credibility

Giving the mainstream media more freedom will resolve the credibility crisis faced by them, said Rembau parliamentarian Khairy Jamaluddin today.
Delivering the keynote address at the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) forum in Kuala Lumpur this morning, the rookie politician said it is necessary for mainstream media to regain their credibility.
“Credibility is very important. That will [...]

Raja Petra to be charged for sedition

Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the webmaster of news portal Malaysia Today, will be charged tomorrow for sedition at the Magistrates’ Court in the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex in Jalan Duta.
“I have been ordered to surrender at the Jalan Duta Magistrates Court at 9.30am … to be charged for sedition,” he said late this evening.
When contacted at [...]

End repressive laws for a free press

Nothing short of abolishing oppressive press laws will do to ensure that Malaysia’s media is free.This is the message that media watchdog Centre of Independent Journalism (CIJ) has been campaigning for ever year in commemorating World Press Freedom Day that falls on May 3. [...]
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One of the speakers was The Sun’s political and consultant editor [...]

Syed Hamid: Makkal Osai threatened racial harmony

“We have media guidelines and we do not simply cancel a publication permit,” Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar told state news agency Bernama.
“In the case of Makkal Osai, we do not cancel the permit but decided not to extend it,” he added.
Syed Hamid said the guidelines stipulated that newspapers should not raise sensitive issues that [...]

Makkal Osai’s renewal of printing permit rejected

I see that the BN government is back to its old tricks.
According to a news report on Malaysiakini, Tamil language newspaper Makkal Osai has just got its application for renewal of their printing permit rejected.
Did you think that after what the BN went through during the recent general elections they’d be more open and amendable [...]

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