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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
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The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) regrets that the government continues to interfere in the editorial decisions of private television and radio stations, and in a recent case, effectively preventing them from broadcasting speeches by opposition party members. This reported directive from the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), which is under the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication is a clearly a deliberate attack on Malaysians' rights to freedom of speech and information. |
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is concerned that police in the district of Sibu, of the state Sarawak is barring crime reporters access to crime stories by reportedly introducing several restrictions and threatening to arrest them under the Official Secret Act (OSA) if they breached the restrictions. More seriously, the police directive means reporters are put in a difficult position to produce fair and balanced reports to serve the public interest. |
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Friday, 15 June 2007 |
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The Malaysian government has decided to set up a taskforce to study how existing legislation can be use to control websites and blog with purportedly "pornographic and seditious" content. The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is concerned that this marks the start of official censorship of the Internet, despite government assurances to the contrary. It comes after repeated threats by various ministers and members of parliament over the past three years to control online content. |
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