KOTA TINGGI: Over 580,000 primary and secondary students in Johor have received their Jalur Gemilang badge—a patriotic initiative aimed at instilling national pride among schoolchildren. Johor education and information committee chairman Aznan Tamin said the State Education Department is working closely with schools to ensure the badges meet standardised specifications and have a uniform colour scheme...
PETALING JAYA: The recent detention of senior editors from Sin Chew Daily has drawn sharp concern from media practitioners and watchdog groups, who describe the actions as excessive and detrimental to press freedom in the country. National Union of Journalists Malaysia Sin Chew branch chairman Lim Kah Siang called on the public not to make any...
PETALING JAYA: Sin Chew Daily has suspended its executive editor-in-chief, Chan Aun Kuang, and deputy chief sub-editor, Tsai Shwu San, pending an investigation over the error of the Malaysian flag. In a brief statement on its website, the company said the decision took effect on Thursday (April 17). "Following the issue of a mistaken flag image on...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have completed recording statements from the Chief Editor and Deputy Chief Sub-editor of the Sin Chew Daily newspaper on Thursday (April 17) to assist in investigations into the publication of an incomplete illustration of the Jalur Gemilang on the newspaper's front page. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the process took...
PETALING JAYA: The mistake on the Jalur Gemilang displayed on the front page of a local Chinese newspaper was unacceptable, says His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia. His Majesty added that the national flag was beyond a mere decorated piece of cloth and that it represented the historical struggle, meaning of independence and the spirit...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have started investigations into a viral video of the Malaysian flag being taken down and replaced with the flags of Sabah and Sarawak. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said preliminary investigations under the Sedition Act 1948 and Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 found that the incident happened in Melbourne, Australia on...
