Media Freedom and Legislation in Malaysia

Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani

doi:10.32890/jgd2008.4.5

Pengarang

Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani Institute of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamadâ€™s Thoughts, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32890/jgd2008.4.5

Kata kunci:

Federal Constitution, laws, restriction, degree of democracy

Abstrak

This paper is about Malaysian regulation with regard to the issue of media freedom. Malaysia has many laws that restrict the function of the media, either printing media, broadcasting media or the Internet. The sources of the restriction can be found in Federal Constitution and many laws such as the Internal Security Act, Sedition Act, Printing Presses and Publications Act, and others. This restriction is actually limiting the degree of democracy practised in this country. With the cases listed, this paper is in the intention to expose the limitation of media freedom in Malaysia.

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