Malaysia - Government suspends critical newsweekly “indefinitely”

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns deputy home minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar's decision on 19 December to suspend the weekly magazine The Heat “indefinitely” for allegedly violating the terms of its print permit. “We urge the Malaysian authorities, and in particular, the home ministry to lift The Heat's suspension,” Reporters Without Borders said. “This measure, on questionable grounds and just a few weeks after the magazine ran an article critical of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, shows (...)

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