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Published on: Sunday, March 14, 2021
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The demonstrators walked along Jalan Parliament from Taman Tugu in protest of the latest Emergency Ordinance. (CIJ pic)
PETALING JAYA: Civil society organisations staged a protest today to defend the right to freedom of expression in the wake of the anti-fake news emergency ordinance that came into force last week.
A 15-strong flash mob, representing members of the Freedom of Expression Cluster, a coalition of NGOs with an interest in defending free speech, marched from Taman Tugu along Jalan Parlimen until nearly the entrance to Parliament house.
“We decided to organise today’s event to reclaim our civic space and object to the ‘fake news’ ordinance adopted by the government,” said Wathshlah Naidu, executive director of the Centre for Independent Journalism.
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