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 deterioration of media freedom.
Its president Farah Marshita Abdul Patah told
theSun that such action was taken to serve as a warning to media personnel and companies not to cross the line.