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Malaysiakini was founded by Premesh Chandran and Steven Gan in November 1999. [5] [6] Frustrated with the constraints they experienced while working for The Sun newspaper, Premesh and Gan decided to use the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) pledge to create a space for uncensored journalism.
The pair founded Malaysiakini.com in November 1999, with a staff of four other journalists and a starting budget of $100,000. [9] Gan served as its editor-in-chief. For its first story, Malaysiakini posted a report on 20 November criticising the practices of Sin Chew Daily, Malaysia's largest-circulation Chinese-language newspaper.
A week later, Zarinah Abdul Majid, the Muslim woman, and MAIS, the head body of Jais, produced a statement that refuted The Malaysian Insider report and accused it of sensationalising the news and producing disharmony among the communities. Zarinah said that Jais had in fact done the investigation in a proper manner with respect for her, her ...
Free Malaysia Today emerged from the aftermath of the 1990s Reformasi period in Malaysian history, during which Malaysia's government, under Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, attacked various journalistic media in response to their efforts to investigate the government—particularly its prosecution of Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Martin Vengadesan. Martin Vengadesan (born 3 May 1973) is a Malaysian writer, musician and former editor.. He was news editor at The Star and associate editor at news portal Malaysiakini before taking up a role at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.
The Bersih 4.0 rally was a series of planned rallies carried out on 29 to 30 August 2015 in major cities in Malaysia, namely Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. [7] ...
However, FMC told news site Malaysiakini that the report of infringement made against Lofi Girl's YouTube channel was the act of hackers using FMC's YouTube channel. [5] The FMC representative claimed that it was only realized on 13 July because its employees were on vacation at the time. [4]
Since conventional media is so tightly controlled by the government, Malaysia has a lively alternative media scene, characterised by such news portals as Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider which take advantage of the government's pledge not to censor the Internet despite its stranglehold on most mass media outlets. [3]