Press freedom group Geramm quipped that dealing with nonsensical statements was among the causes of stress leading to the point of “mental illness” (sakit otak) for media practitioners.

It was responding to Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin’s (above) remarks yesterday that outgoing Bernama TV staff member Sydney Yap Xi Ni, who had highlighted pay cut issues and other internal problems, might be experiencing “tension, was mentally ill or had fought with anyone”.