All media covering Parliament has boycotted coverage at Parliament following a ruling by the Speaker to disallow journalists from moving around freely in Parliament.
The reason given by the Speaker is definitely nonsensical- "for security reasons". Why didn't the government think of all this when they expanded the number of parliamentary constituencies from 193 to 222?
Its good that the Fourth Estate has shown its mettle on this issue even though Bernama did continue covering Parliament according to the rules stipulated.
On another note, I wonder why some print media do not know how to prioritize their news. While most papers covering this boycott put its news within the five pages, Makkal Osai carried this news on its back page with more coloured photos. Crazy....
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