‘Be sensitive in reporting on suicide’


(From left) Ahmad, Dr Chan, Dr Ravivarma and Lim glancing through the Health Ministry’s Guidelines for Media Reporting on Suicide at the forum.

THE print and digital media must report suicide cases prudently and responsibly.

In doing so, the Guidelines for Media Reporting on Suicide published by the Health Ministry should be used and utilised by all media practitioners in Malaysia as an integral source to ensure responsible reporting, said Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF) chairman Datuk Ahmad Izham Omar.

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