BBC News
By Jonathan Head
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image captionA journalist wears a shirt with an image of Steven Gan
Tucked away in an unremarkable business park in a suburban district of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur is the headquarters of a remarkable experiment in journalism. It has come under attack.
On Friday the independent news website Malaysiakini was found guilty of contempt. It now has to pay a hefty fine of RM500,000 (£88,500, $123,600) . Its editor-in-chief and co-founder Steven Gan narrowly escaped a prison sentence after he was found not guilty for a similar charge.
The attorney-general filed the charges last year based on readers critical comments about the judiciary posted on Malaysiakini s website, and later removed, a move with worrying implications for all news media.
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