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Malaysia's Giant Leap In Press Freedom Rankings

Daniel Bastard, Head of Asia-Pacific Desk, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

05-May-23 07:30

Malaysia's Giant Leap In Press Freedom Rankings

Malaysia jumped 40 spots in this year’s World Press Freedom Index, ranked at number 73, ahead of regional peers. What accounts for the massive improvement and how do we compare to the rest of ASEAN? We speak to Daniel Bastard of Reporters Without Borders for insights from the report.


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Produced by: Mark Tan

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan


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Categories:  internationalgovernmentLaw/Activism

Tags:  world press freedom dayworld press freedom indexsedition act





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