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Malaysia - Towards a Free Press

Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Assistant Professor of Media and Communications , University of Nottingham

22-Jul-19 07:35

Malaysia - Towards a Free Press

Malaysia has made significant advancements in the area of press freedom since the 14th General Elections. But is it truly free? What role does it have to play in the fight against corruption? For more on this, we speak to Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Assistant Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Nottingham.

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Wong Shou Ning, Sharidz Abdullah


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Categories:  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Investments

Tags:  press freedom,  corruption,  transparency,  good governance,  media,  official secrets act, 


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