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.
AFP
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CIJ: Unacceptable to target media for quoting DIGP verbatim
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The Centre for Independent Journalism has described the Home Ministry action against two media outlets for reporting the verbatim comments of Deputy Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani as “disturbing”.
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Yesterday, the Home Ministry said it will summon
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