Double Blow to Press Freedom in Malaysia
Prominent news portal, controversial book under attack
Press freedom in Malaysia took a double blow today (February 19), first with the country’s highest tribunal ruling that the influential news portal Malaysiakini must pay RM500,000 (US$124,000) for contempt for printing a quickly-erased third-party comment critical of the court system.
On the same day, police raided the publisher of former Attorney Gener…
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