PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Three media non-governmental organisations (NGOs) - the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Peninsular Malaysia - handed over a memorandum on Monday (May 3) to Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah calling for the government to continue to ensure freedom of the press.
Monday, 03 May 2021 04:40 PM MYT
CIJ, Geramm and NUJM collectively submitted a memorandum to the Minister of Communications and Multimedia in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day. Picture from Twitter/CIJ Malaysia
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PUTRAJAYA, May 3 Three media non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Peninsular Malaysia, today handed over a memorandum to Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah calling for the government to continue to ensure freedom of the press.
NUJ president Farah Marshita Abdul Patah said the memorandum was handed over in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day which is celebrated on May 3.
Three media NGOs submit memorandum to KKMM on press freedom 03 May 2021 / 15:34 H.
PUTRAJAYA: Three media non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Peninsular Malaysia, today handed over a memorandum to Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah calling for the government to continue to ensure freedom of the press.
NUJ president Farah Marshita Abdul Patah (
pix) said the memorandum was handed over in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day which is celebrated on May 3.
“We hope the government promotes press freedom and creates an environment that allows the media to function freely,“ she said when met after the handover, here, today.
Media advocacy groups want oppressive laws reviewed
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Modified3 May 2021, 7:38 am
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Several media advocacy groups have demanded that Putrajaya reviews the existing laws that are being used to silence the media.
This is one of the six matters raised in a joint memorandum by Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia (CIJ), National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day today.
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Repressive Laws Trigger Massive Press Freedom Decline for Malaysia
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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 country s 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 minister, without holding elections.
Since the new leader, Muhyiddin Yassin, was sworn in on March 1, 2020, press freedom has come under attack, with the government relying on pre-existing laws, and a new anti-fake news decree targeting journalists, media experts say.