Mass media in Malaysia

The most prominent newspapers include The Star, New Straits Times, theSun, Berita Harian, Utusan Malaysia, Malay Mail, Sin Chew Jit Poh and Nanyang Siang Pau.

With its own TV station, it will help to counter the problem of state's low priority and under coverage news by Peninsular-based media and increasing the power of East Malaysia representation.

[4] In 2007, a government agency – the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission – issued a directive to all private television and radio stations to refrain from broadcasting speeches made by opposition leaders.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Communications and Digital, Fahmi Fadzil, announced that the ministry is studying the draft bill for the Malaysia Media Council before presenting it to the Cabinet.

[11][12] Malaysia authorities have arrested, detained and investigated numerous journalists, artists, people and/or groups both online and offline.

In February of 2022, Malaysian police detained activist Fahmi Reza for two days for his artwork on Twitter that satirised a government minister.

[13] PEN International officially denounced the increased use of Section 223 of the CMA to target writers and the general public for expressing their views online and in the press.

Freedom of expression is pledged in Article 10 of the Federal Constitution, however Section 223(a) deems it an offence for any individual to use a platform to create, solicit or initiate communication seen as "obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person".