PN leaders, Muhyiddin, Azmin benefitted from open media - Mkini CEO

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It is in the government's best interest to support an open and free media landscape as they had benefitted from independent journalism, said Malaysiakini CEO Premesh Chandran. "Muhyiddin Yassin, Saifuddin Abdullah, Azmin Ali, all benefitted from having an open, aggressive media taking on issues like 1MDB, etc," Premesh said in a webinar hosted by the International Federation of Journalists today. Muhyiddin, Saifuddin, and Azmin were previously part of the Pakatan Harapan government, which took power on the back of a wave of public resentment against BN and former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, due in part to the 1MDB scandal. News of the 1MDB scandal had mostly been suppressed in local media during Najib's time in power, focusing only on the government's version of the story and denials to allegations made by international media and the US Department of J…