Gov't support needed for media council to become a reality - Mkini CEO

The Malaysian Media Council pro-tem committee chairperson Premesh Chandran today stressed that the support from the Communications and Multimedia Ministry is needed in order for the council to become a reality.

In January this year, the then minister Gobind Singh Deo had announced the appointment of a committee, fulfilling a promise as stated in the Pakatan Harapan manifesto to set up a media council.

The committee had worked on a draft bill since then.

The effort was however brought into uncertainty as the Harapan government collapsed and was replaced by the Perikatan Nasional...