LETTER | Malaysiakini’s contempt of court: Let the media beware
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LETTER | Lawyers and media groups have understandably expressed concern over the Federal Court s decision to cite news organisation
Malaysiakini for contempt and fine it RM500,000 over five reader comments.
But didn’t the lawyers and media groups see it coming? Perhaps not the fine amount which is, arguably, excessive, but the contempt decision itself?
Based on the summary of the majority decision,
Malaysiakini admitted that the comments are indeed offensive, inappropriate, disrespectful, and contemptuous and regretted the publication of them. But both
Malaysiakini and editor-in-chief Steven Gan maintained that they both played no role in publishing them.
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