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Top 5 At 5: Why Journalists Need To Protect The Source

Radzi Razak, Spokesperson, Gerakan Media Merdeka (GERAMM)

08-Aug-24 17:00

Top 5 At 5: Why Journalists Need To Protect The Source

The stories we covered today include:

5. Reports of atrocities committed against the Rohingyas in Myanmar are emerging as many are reported dead or stranded in an attempt to escape across the border from the Arakan army. Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, who is the president of the Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM), joins the conversation on what he considers a genocide against his people.

4. Reformist Thai political party Moving Forward Party has been dissolved by the nation’s Constitutional Court. This comes just over a year after the party won the largest number of seats in the last general election, but fell short of a majority. Wongpun Amarinthewa, journalist with online magazine The 101 World, shares his two cents on this dissolution.

3. Since 2006, methane emissions have skyrocketed due to various factors, like increased fossil fuel, drilling, livestock production and decomposition of organic matter in wetlands. We reached out to Dr. Matthew Ashfold, an Atmospheric Scientist and an Associate Professor from the University of Nottingham Malaysia, for comment.

2. The Kuala Lumpur high court has ruled that over 260 acres of the Duta Enclave in KL, must be returned to the Semantan Estate. This plot of land covers several government properties. We spoke to Haniff Khatri Abdullah, a lawyer, for his take on the situation, and how this dispute can be resolved.

1. Our top story: A Malaysiakini report on an alleged reshuffle in Bukit Aman is being investigated by the police, sparking a conversation on journalists’ right to protect their sources. We spoke to Radzi Razak, a spokesperson of Gerakan Media Merdeka (GERAMM), for his thoughts on this.

Image credit: Lens Hitam, Shutterstock

Produced by: Alia Zefri, Sudais Ferhard, Juliet Jacobs, Lim Sue Ann, Alena Nadia

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan


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