Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil today insisted that the relaunched Malaysian Code of Ethics for Journalists will not curb the media freedom in the country.
He said some of the criticisms of the revised version of the code were unfair towards the Information Department (JaPen) and the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI), which drafted it.
“If you were to look at the original code of ethics, it includes phrases like to curb communism, which no longer is an issue in Malaysia because they don’t no longer exist. So it’s a bit anachronistic.
“If you were to compare the two documents, they are almost the same. The preamble is the same. There are still eight key points in the same document. It’s nothing to do with curbing media freedom,” he said in a press conference after officiating the Maxis 5G Advanced Trial Showcase at the KLCC Esplanade here.
“So I think sometimes some of the comments that have been made have been unfair to JaPen, and have been unfair to MPI,” he added.
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