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Author Archives: Muhammad Shafee Abdullah

Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is a senior private legal practitioner in Malaysia. A former ambassador-at-large for human rights for Malaysia and the first Malaysian representative in the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission of Human Rights and its chairman for a full term, Shafee is currently the lead counsel defending the former prime minister of Malaysia in the 1MDB and SRC cases.

Indonesian journalists wearing masks observe World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 3, 2016. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia

The battle for press freedom in Asia

by Muhammad Shafee Abdullah September 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Once again, the press is under attack. Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal announced that China had refused to renew the press credentials of Chun Han Wong, one of the Journal’s Beijing correspondents. Wong’s sin was that he simply did his job. He had previously reported the existence of an Australian investigation into organized crime, […]

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