PETALING JAYA: Free Malaysia Today (FMT) journalist Rex Tan has resigned.
The decision came about after a townhall session called by the top editors of FMT.
Tan had apologised on Thursday (Jan 15) after his question posed during a lecture here caused a controversy.
The Malaysian Media Council later condemned the doxxing, harassment and intimidation of journalists following the backlash against Tan.
The incident stemmed from a public lecture titled "Gaza Exposes the Complicity of International Actors" held on Jan 12, featuring British politician George Galloway, where the reporter posed a question that later drew widespread criticism online.
FMT later issued an apology, saying it had no prior knowledge of the journalist's intention to raise the question and had not approved of his comments, adding that disciplinary action was taken following an internal investigation.
