‘The National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM) expresses its grave concern over the government’s move to gazette an ordinance purportedly to combat “fake news” relating to Covid-19 or the Emergency proclamation. NUJ Malaysia is not agreeing to this kind of step backwards action taken as it seems like the ruling government is trying to silent the voice of every citizen regardless of their race, religion or various background.
‘We called on the government’s plan of setting up the Media Council to be revived and accelerate just to tackle any issues regarding to media practitioners especially journalists who are in the frontline. The union is in the view that Media Council can also be in charge of looking into the alleged fake news crime committed instead of the government having to gazette new laws to tackles this. This in turn will display transparency over the alleged crime committed.’
Read here (Malay Mail, Mar 12, 2021)
