Anwar controlled the media when he was DPM, says former minister


Nabihah Hamid

Pakatan Harapan unlikely to fulfil its promise of greater media freedom if put in charge, says 'Pergi Mampuslah Umno’ author Zainuddin Maidin. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, October 29, 2017.

JAILED opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim controlled the media while he was deputy prime minister, claims former information minister Zainuddin Maidin, who said that as such, Pakatan Harapan was unlikely to fulfil its promise of greater media freedom if it takes over Putrajaya.

“Anwar often controlled the newspapers, on what could and could not be reported.  He even called the (newspaper) offices,” said the former Utusan Melayu chief editor. 


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