KUALA LUMPUR: The 2023 National Journalists’ Day (Hawana) celebration in Ipoh, Perak at the end of the month is significant in ensuring the continued freedom of the media and its direction in the country, says the organising committee's Lichong Angkui.
The Utusan Borneo Sabah chief editor said local media players were looking forward to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s speech during the celebration as he would be speaking on the unity government’s support of media freedoms and safety to a large gathering of practitioners."The gathering will surely be a discussion about the media’s survival and media freedom in the country.
He noted that Malaysia scored 62.83 points this time compared to 51.55 points the previous year, when it was ranked 113th. "Some are of the view that freedom has no absolutes, so there will be debates and polemics, what more if it’s linked to being the basis of democracy,” he said in expressing hope that Hawana 2023 would be the best platform for discussions and finding common ground on the issue.
This included its efforts to realise the establishment of the Malaysian Media Council to protect the rights of journalists.
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