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Press group tells authorities not to curb investigative reporting
Published:  Mar 4, 2025 9:57 AM
Updated: Mar 12, 2025 8:39 AM
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by the arrest of Malaysiakini journalist B Nantha Kumar by the MACC, saying that authorities must not misuse the law to curtail investigative reporting.

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CPJ noted that he was arrested for allegedly soliciting and receiving a bribe of RM20,000 from a migrant worker agent mere days after Nantha exposed a migrant trafficking syndicate operating in KLIA.


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