Let’s not backtrack but continue fighting for media freedom

ALTHOUGH global indices paint Malaysia in a better light in terms of press freedom in the last year, the country could easily fall back into past practices that push us down again, says Gayathry Venkiteswaran, an assistant professor at Nottingham University Malaysia’s School of Media, Languages and Culture.

“There is still a long way to go to see true media freedom in Malaysia because the main obstacles in terms of laws and control have not been removed, even though the previous Pakatan Harapan government pledged to do so, ” says Gayathry.