Govt urged to hasten set up of media council, Indonesian model cited

The government has been urged to expedite the setting up of Malaysia’s media council in order to strengthen the media's role in operating independently.

Malaysiakini CEO and co-founder Premesh Chandran made the call during a session entitled, "Non-Judicial Accountability Mechanisms: The Press and Ombudsman’ at the Lawasia: Constitutional and Rule of Law Conference in Petaling Jaya today.