Once a supporter of Pakatan Harapan, former Bersih chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan, who led the civil society movement calling for institutional reforms, today chastised the government over its latest move to impose new licensing laws for social media operators.

Taking to X, Ambiga said she never imagined that a Harapan-led government would go back on its election promises of reforming archaic laws, including the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) 1984...