Malaysian Media Council needs to be established immediately

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Media Council (MMC) needs to be established immediately as an independent self-regulatory body involving various industry parties.

In a joint statement, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), the National Union of Journalists Malaysia (NUJM) and Gerakan Media Merdeka Malaysia (Geramm) stressed that the MMC (self-regulatory to enforce a code of ethics) should be given a mandate to protect journalists legally, physically, economically and socially.