Groups condemn police probe on journo over migrant report

Two groups have condemned the police investigation against a South China Morning Post journalist over the migrants' raid report.

In a joint statement today, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM) urged the authorities to drop the probe.

“The investigation of journalist Tashny Sukumaran, for her accurate reports on raids amid Covid-19, clearly contravenes the government’s stated commitment to press freedom...