Do not threaten journalists, warns Gobind

The public should not to resort to threats, violence or act outside the law if they disagreed with reporting by the media, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo.

He said there are ways that can be taken for corrections to be made or forwarding differing views if one disagreed with media reports.

“The duty of journalists is to report the facts so that the information reaches the people," he said on his Facebook page today.

Gobind was commenting on a news report that TV3 broadcast journalist, Mohd Ishak Abdillah Ngah, had received a death threat following a media report by him on Wednesday.

“I hope the police will investigate and take stern action if it is found there is an offence,” the minister added. 

The death threat was posted on the journalist's Facebook page after a video allegedly exposing the deplorable conditions at Sekolah Rendah Islam Darul Iman, Wakaf Mempelam in Terengganu went viral.

The report stated that the school was operating without electricity and water supply.

Mohd Ishak lodged a police report over the death threat at the Kuala Terengganu police headquarters yesterday. — Bernama