Lim Kit Siang

I would have been blazoned on the front-pages in printed media, whether Star, New Straits Times, Berita Harian or Utusan if Apandi had won his RM10 million defamation suit against me, but the report was blacked out when I won

(Versi BM)

I would have been blazoned on the front-pages in the printed media, whether Star, Straits Times, Berita Harian or Utusan if the former Attorney-General Ali Apandi had won his RM10 million defamation suit against me, but the report was blacked out when I won.

I was a non-person except for adverse news before May 2018 and I have again become a non-person after February 2020.

This is an indication of the state of press freedom in Malaysia, which has nothing to do with whether there are more readers online or printed media.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Wednesday 25th May 2022)


Muka saya akan dipaparkan di muka surat hadapan media-media cetak, sama ada The Star, New Straits Times, Berita Harian, atau Utusan sekiranya Apandi menang saman RM10 jutanya terhadap saya, tetapi laporan ini disekat apabila saya menang

Muka saya akan dipaparkan di muka surat hadapan media-media cetak, sama ada The Star, New Straits Times, Berita Harian, atau Utusan sekiranya bekas Peguam Negara, Apandi Ali, menang saman RM10 jutanya terhadap saya, tetapi laporan ini disekat apabila saya menang.

Sebelum Mei 2018, saya dianggap seperti tidak wujud kecuali untuk berita-berita yang buruk dan sekali lagi kini selepas Februari 2020 saya dianggap seperti tidak wujud kecuali hanya untuk berita-berita yang buruk.

Ini adalah petanda kepada suasana kebebasan akhbar di Malaysia, yang tidak ada kaitan dengan sama ada terdapat lebih banyak pembaca di media atas talian atau media cetak.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Rabu 25 Mei 2022)

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