The New Straits Times Group of newspapers suffered a tremendous blow to its circulation in the second half of last year, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia (ABC) figures show.

According to the figures released today, the total copies of newspapers sold in West Malaysia dropped by more than 260,000 copies in the second half of the year.

NSTP group's flagship daily the New Straits Times suffered the biggest drop in circulation in the group. 

NST's circulation dropped by 32.78 percent or close to 37,885 copies in the second half compared to January to June 201