Stop stifling open discussions


  • Letters
  • Monday, 22 Apr 2019

ALIRAN condemns the recent assault on freedom of speech by social and cyber bullies, aided and abetted by officials who clearly need to critically examine their priorities and review their standard operating procedures.

Indeed, Aliran is shocked and disheartened to hear that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa has seen fit to initiate investigations into an incident-free, innocuous book launch on April 13 at the Gerakbudaya bookstore in Petaling Jaya.

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