COMMENT | On Sunday (April 7), Professor James Chin of the University of Tasmania posted a worrying note on his Facebook page. Reproducing a response from X he noted: “Madani Govt is working hard to crack down on people like me...”

As a rejoinder, he posted a note from X which read: “In the interest of transparency, we are writing to inform you that X has received a request from MCMC (Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission) regarding your X accounts that claims the following violates (the) law of Malaysia.”