• New moves to set up a media council
  • Yap Mun Ching
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  • Stakeholders in the media industry today agreed to select a 10-member committee to look into the setting up of a media council and to draft a code of ethics for journalists to pave the way for an eventual repeal of restrictive laws.

    • Poser for journalists in new code under media council proposal
    • Rights groups worry about media council implications
    • Editors say media council should be inclusive, based on consensus
    • Journalists� union mulls role in proposed media council
    • Journalists, be warned: You are not immune from prosecution for sedition
    • Political link issue hits NST boss' nerve at media talk
    • Not ready for freedom of information? Kit Siang vs Chor
    • Experts: Journalists, not government, will control media council
    • Community-inspired report card on the media
    • Suhakam media report focuses on restrictive laws
    • M�sian journalists near bottom in global �bribery� index
    • Repeal restrictive laws
    • Government�s response
    • Contentious issues