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The (Slow) Progress Of The Malaysian Media Council

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

24-Dec-24 08:30

The (Slow) Progress Of The Malaysian Media Council

Since the first meeting on the establishment of the Malaysian Media Council after GE14 in 2018, the Malaysian Media Council (MMC) Bill 2024 is now expected to be tabled for a second reading in February next year, nearly 5 years on. Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Journalism, talks about how to make an imperfect bill as perfect as possible.

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Produced by: Natalie Tan, Aimi Azreena

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam, Philip See


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Categories:  government,  Law/Activism,  controversies

Tags:  media council bill,  malaysia,  freedom of speech,  freedom of press, 


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