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Saturday, 01 May 2021 05:48 PM MYT BY JERRY CHOONG Supporters of Fahmi Redza gather in front of the Dang Wangi police station in Kuala Lumpur April 24,2021. ― Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil will be called in for questioning over his attendance during the solidarity protest for graphic artist and activist Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin on April 24. He confirmed that the p...

Friday, 30 Apr 2021 02:13 PM MYT BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM Graphic designer Mohd Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin (centre) is seen outside the Dang Wangi district police station after his release from his overnight arrest and one-day remand April 24, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Graphic artist Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin has been called by the police to give his statement on two different soci...

The Deputy Inspector-General of Police said the Health Ministry issued the new guidelines on Tuesday (April 27). "I will instruct all state police chiefs to follow this new guidelines to avoid any untoward incident. "In the past, police personnel are only doing their duty based on existing laws and guidelines. We dont rule out the possibility that some policemen might have misinterpreted the guideline, thus this new directive should make things clearer," he said in an interview at Bukit Aman on...

Media still facing restrictions, say practitioners Ashraf Shamsul/THE SUN PETALING JAYA: After a short respite, pressure on the Malaysian media to toe the line has risen again. The increasing threat of legal action with draconian laws has reduced mainstream media to a mere government mouthpiece, according to stakeholders. The National Union of Journalists cited the recent case of Malaysiakini being taken to court over a comment one of its readers left on its website as a sign of the deteri...

Repressive Laws Trigger Massive Press Freedom Decline for Malaysia Voice of America 01 May 2021, 07:05 GMT+10 For the past few years Malaysia had been making great strides in press freedom. Under its first democratically elected government for decades, repressive laws were repealed, giving the countrys media more space to do their job. But the unexpected resignation by Prime Minister Mathathir Mohamad last year triggered the collapse of the coalition government, and the king named a new prime m...

Dr Kamarul Blames Fake Facebook Post For Putting Him & His Family In Danger Subscribe to our Telegram channel for our latest stories and breaking news. Following his claim that Bukit Mertajam lawmaker Steven Sim is a "Christian evangelist", controversial academic Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff said his family and his safety is under threat This comes after the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) senior lecturer Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff said his Facebook account was suspended by the social media comp...

Police today summoned political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque (known as Zunar) to the Padang Terap district police headquarters in Kedah on 2 May 2021 in relation to a cartoon he published on his Facebook page in January 2021.

Malaysia’s single wholesale 5G network gambit draws critical questions By Edwin Yapp April 28, 2021 No other country uses SWN for 5G rollout; risky to try Some pros to doing so but outweigh by cons, analysts say ANALYSIS: MALAYSIA’S audacious and controversial plan to employ a single wholesale network (SWN) in its bid to build the country’s next generation 5G network has met with a continuum of views, with some in the industry questioning whether it is the best...

AFP Malaysian police are investigating a noted Malaysian editorial cartoonist for his caricature of a state’s chief minister, he and officials said Wednesday, after authorities arrested another satirist last week over social media posts about the queen. In addition, the government plans to summon representatives from two media outlets over the credibility of reports about a senior police officer’s comments, the Home Minister said Tuesday. In a statement to the press, Zulkiflee...

Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021 05:53 PM MYT BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM File picture shows commuters walking past an advertisement discouraging the dissemination of fake news at a train station in Kuala Lumpur, March 28, 2018. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has demanded the Perikatan Nasional government to improve the environment of local journalism in response to the ...