Law needed to protect media practitioners, says Geramm


KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) has urged for a law to protect media practitioners when performing their duties.

The activist group said Saturday's (May 14) incident of a security guard who allegedly threatened and intimidated reporters surveying long queues at the Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) in Pudu Sentral highlighted the need for a law to ensure the safety of the media.

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