Malaysia biggest loser as new press freedom index released


SINGAPORE, April 20 (dpa): Press freedom in Malaysia took the biggest hit of any country during the past year, according to an annual ranking published by non-governmental organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF, Reporters Sans Frontiers) on Tuesday.

RSF said it had pushed Malaysia down 18 places, to 119, even before the government last month imposed a "so-called "anti-fake news” decree," which enables "authorities to impose their own version of the truth."

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