PETALING JAYA: The media fraternity condemns the arrest of an online news portal journalist under the Sedition Act 1948 and views the action as interfering with press freedom.
The National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJ) president Chin Sung Chew said Malaysiakini journalist Susan Loone was merely doing her job, and added that the action did not augur well with the Government’s promise to allow the Malaysian media to operate freely without fear.
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