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In Malaysia, it's not only those working in the media who are finding themselves increasingly under censorship scrutiny. In a recent development, the censors are even targeting those who purchase what has been labelled "forbidden literature" – the latest work by the liberal Islamic feminist Irshad Manji, for example, as Joseph Mayton explains
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Authorities have launched a systematic campaign to silence critical or dissenting voices, including through the enactment of the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No.2) Ordinance concerning “fake news” and aggressive application of existing repressive laws. We call on authorities to cease all baseless investigations that threaten freedom of expression in Malaysia and repeal or substantially amend problematic laws in line with Malaysia’s international human rights obligations.
May 12, 2021
Former Malaysian police chief Abdul Hamid Bador.
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When Malaysia ’s former police chief last week took aim at government officials over their links to elite officers as he passed the reins to his successor, insiders who had long discussed the issue in hushed tones found their suspicions brought out in the open.
Abdul Hamid Bador, who stepped down as the national inspector-general of police on Monday (May 3), had unleashed an unbridled attack at Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin ’s government that drew particular attention to the current Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin.
“I was informed that the minister had forced the Special Branch to conduct several operations for its own political purposes,” he was quoted as saying by The Malaysia Gazette newspaper.