Five journalists arrested in 48 hours

WE are reposting this article originally titled “Five journalists arrested in crackdown on independent media” published on the Reporters Without Borders website on March 31, 2015.

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of a total of five journalists in the past 48 hours with the aim of pressuring independent media to censor themselves and prevent them working freely.

Yesterday, the police raided the Kuala Lumpur offices of The Malaysian Insider, a news website also known as TMI, arresting managing editor Lionel Morais, Bahasa news editor Amin Shah Iskandarand features and analysis editor Zulkifli Sulongunder the 1948 Sedition Act and the 1998 Communications and Multimedia Act.

Click on the article to read more on the RSF website.

THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER office | Malaysian Insider photo from Reporters Sans Frontieres website