INTERVIEW | Malaysia is still a leading example of press freedom and democratic rights in a region full of authoritarian regimes, said Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Asia-Pacific bureau director Cedric Alviani.

The representative of the international press freedom watchdog has spent 25 years as an advocate in the Asia-Pacific region and reminded readers that there are many authoritarian regimes in the form of one-party states and military dictatorships, in which journalists often pay for their lives for the willing to seek out the truth.