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

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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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