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South China Morning Post reporter Tashny Sukumaran (above), who was quizzed by federal police in relations to her tweets about the May 1 immigration raid at the Selangor Mansion, has been named by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on a list of information heroes for her reporting during the Covid-19 pandemic.
RSF, a global journalism watchdog based in Paris, has put together a list of 30 coronavirus “information heroes” – 30 journalists, whistleblowers and media outlets – whose courage, perseverance or capacity to innovate has helped to circulate reliable and vital information during this period.
The list includes the White House press corps for its persistence in grilling US President Donald Trump and the ill-fated Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang who was reprimanded for trying to highlight news of the outbreak and later succumbed to the disease.
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In the case of Tashny, she was questioned by Bukit Aman for two hours on May 6 under Section 504 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for her tweets about the immigration raid.
This was despite Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah’s instruction for the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to drop its own investigation.
When contacted about this investigation, Tashny’s lawyer New Sin Yew told Malaysiakini that “the authorities have not contacted us since the questioning last month. We do not anticipate them to do so because there is no offence committed by Tashny. It’s plain harassment.”
https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/530417
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