Shahidan decries 'cruel' govt crackdown on media

PARLIAMENT | A Perikatan Nasional MP has slammed the government’s alleged “cruel” ways of restricting the local media industry from reporting news that is against the liking of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Shahidan Kassim (PN-Arau) claimed in the Dewan Rakyat today that his journalist friends have expressed dissatisfaction towards Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

According to Shahidan, the media practitioners had been reprimanded by Fahmi when they reported news that “did not conform to...