Kota Kinabalu: United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) expressed its utmost concern about the Federal Court verdict against Malaysiakini – including the hefty fine of RM 500,000 imposed on the news portal.In a joint statement by its President Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau, its Deputy President Datuk Donald Mojuntin and Vice President Datuk Ewon Benedick, said the verdict gives a severe chilling effect by inhibiting freedom of expression via media space that is constituted as one of the essential foundations of a democratic society and one of the basic conditions for its progress.
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Upko concerned over the verdict against Malaysiakini
Published on: Monday, February 22, 2021
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