Community Communications Department (J-Kom) director-general Hisyamuddin Ghazali has vowed a tougher stance against government critics, going on the offensive in defence of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the Madani administration.

In a series of Facebook posts, the newly appointed Hisyamuddin said J-Kom would lodge police reports against “all those who have been spreading slander against the government leadership”.

“Today, J-Kom will begin our offensive. No more playing defensive. We will start with...