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Buck up instead of silencing flood critics, Syahredzan tells govt
The government should buck up instead of trying to silence people criticising its flood management on social media, said lawyer Syahredzan Johan, who is also the political secretary to Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang.
He made the call after the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) put in requests to Twitter to remove posts critical of the government's response to the recent flash floods. Twitter rejected the requests...
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