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  1. Alert: Police raid opposition party headquarters, arrest protesters amid continuing unrest in Perak State
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) strongly protests continuing police arrests of protesters and a related raid at the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) to eliminate critical expression about the political crisis.
  2. Amnesty International Action Campaign focusses on Malyasian Prsioner Assigned to Toronto Group
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1979
    This news release is background information of Amnesty International's (AI) "Malaysia Mission Report." The concern of AI is the release of political prisoners in Malaysia.
  3. Borneo's Killer Dams
    Mega-Dams in Sarawak Threaten Indigenous Tribes with Ethnocide

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Sarawak, Malaysia, is home to thousands of endemic species, forty indigenous groups, and one of the largest transboundary rainforests remaining in the world. The state is also suffering from one of the world's highest rates of deforestation; only 5% of its primary forests remain. Now, Sarawak's forests and their inhabitants face another threat: the damming of its rivers for hydroelectric power.
  4. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1977
  5. Cartoon magazine seized and banned as soon as first issue appears
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The governmentâ##s decision to prosecute the company that published the new cartoon magazine Gedung Kartun for not having a permit is a setback for press freedom in Malaysia. â#oWe urge the interior ministry to reverse its ban on Gedung Kartun,â## Re
  6. Cartoonist Zunar could get 43 years in prison for nine cartoons
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders condemns well-known cartoonist Zunar’s trial on a sedition charge for posting nine of his cartoons on Twitter, and urges the Malaysian authorities to stop harassing him judicially and psychologically.
  7. Embassy Row Online
    Resource Type: Website
    Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad.
  8. Encyclopeida of Asian History
    Resource Type: Book
  9. Five journalists arrested in crackdown on independent media in Malaysia
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of a total of five journalists in Malaysia in the past 48 hours with the aim of pressuring independent media to censor themselves and prevent them working freely.
  10. Malaysia: CIJ and WAMI condemn suspension of opposition newspapers
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Malaysia: Harakah and Suara Keadilan opposition newspapers suspended for three months
  11. Malaysian Blogger held under draconian Official Secrets Act
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed to learn that the blogger Syed Abdullah Hussein Al-Attas is being held under the Official Secrets Act.
  12. Malaysian cartoonist faces sedition charges
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrest of Malaysian cartoonist Zulkifli Awar Ulhaque, also known as Zunar, a contributor to the popular news site Malaysiakini and author of a new collection of political cartoons.
  13. Malaysian government suspends critical newsweekly 'indefinitely'
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders condemns Malaysian deputy home minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar’s decision on 19 December to suspend the weekly magazine The Heat “indefinitely” for allegedly violating the terms of its print permit.
  14. Malaysian government tables 'Anti-Fake News' bill
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists; Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM) in criticizing the so-called anti-fake new bill and the heavy penalties.
  15. Malaysian website reporter arrested and charged under Sedition Act
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Malaysiakini news website reporter Susan Loone is facing a possible three-year jail term under the 1948 Sedition Act following her arrest in George Town, the capital of the northwestern state of Penang, Malaysia.
  16. Police Raid Zunar's Office and Confiscate Books
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Malaysian cartoonist Zunar, on a speaking tour in England, got word in the early hours of Wednesday, January 28, that his office in Kuala Lumpur was being raided by police.
  17. SEAJU calls on Malaysian Government to support press freedom
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    A free press is a fundamental feature of a vibrant and accountable democracy. An independent press acts as a disseminator of information as well as a check and balance of elected representatives and government.
  18. South East Asian Media Unite to Combat Impunity, Censorship and Wage Insecurity
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The South East Asian Journalists Unions (SEAJU) have taken a united stand to combat the rampant state of impunity for journalist attacks in the region and to bring their unions together to advocate on the common issues central to the craft.
  19. Zunar targeted again under Malaysia's Sedition Act
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly criticizes the Malaysian governmen's continued attack against freedom of expression, following the investigation into political cartoonist, Zunar's latest book.

Experts on Malaysia in the Sources Directory

  1. Asian Civilisations Museum
  2. Asian Development Bank
  3. United Nations


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