COMMENT | Is the Communications Ministry working overtime to rebrand itself as the Factory of Miscommunication - a place where slogans are polished but practice is abandoned?

Its proud tagline, “Tidak Pasti Jangan Kongsi” (“If unsure, don’t share”), is meant to warn Malaysians against spreading unverified information.

Yet the louder the ministry trumpets this mantra, the more its own leaders seem to be consciously making efforts to break it.

Instead of embodying clarity and trust, they stumble into contradictions, repost half-truths, and ignite controversies that make the ministry look less like a guardian of information and more like a workshop of confusion.

Last February, in his ministry’s winding-up speech in Parliament, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil asked lawmakers to set an example.

“I hope that all lawmakers...