[1] Initially working as a religious studies teacher, Bafaqih began his journalistic career by translating Arabic articles to Malay for the daily newspaper Pemandangan.
After Pemandangan was censured by the Dutch authorities, Bafaqih moved to the Japanese Dōmei news agency to work as an editor.
[5] On 18 March 1953, Pemandangan, under Bafaqih as editor-in-chief, published an editorial that indicated a number of companies had received information regarding foreign investments.
[6][7] Eventually, Attorney General Soeprapto dropped the charges, citing a lack of clarity on "state secrets".
[9] He also published a book based on that visit, titled RRT dari Luar dan Dalam (People's Republic of China from Outside and Inside).