Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to drop the criminal defamation charges made against a former chief editor of The Edge over articles published in the business weekly
Condemning the use of SLAPPs, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the dropping of criminal defamation charges against Azam Aris, former editor of the Malaysian business weekly The Edge, and his colleague Shanmugam Murugasu, for articles revealing stock market manipulation.
PETALING JAYA: The former editor-in-chief (EIC) of The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd has been charged at the Magistrate’s Courts here with criminal defamation over two special reports published in 2020 and 2021 during his tenure.