Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has taken Perikatan Nasional leader Wan Saiful Wan Jan to task after the latter alleged that Malaysia is witnessing a “slow murder” of media freedom-related reforms under Fahmi’s leadership.

Speaking to the press today, Fahmi questioned Wan Saiful’s silence when Al Jazeera reporters were expelled in 2020 following the news agency’s investigative report into the Malaysian government’s treatment of undocumented migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I didn’t hear him (Wan Saiful) say anything...