PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission (EC) barring “non-official media” from entering nomination centres for the Sabah elections on Saturday (Sep 12) should be reconsidered, says the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ). Wathshlah pointed out that access to press conferences by certain government ministers providing Covid-19-related updates was still limited to “official media” till today. She added that the government of the day must always work towards ensuring fair and equal access to all media outlets and platforms. Wathshlah also urged the EC to reconsider its decision to bar non-official media from entering nomination centres, and to allow all media personnel and journalists to enter the voting tabulation centres on polling day on Sept 26. The Star earlier reported in its LiveBlog coverage of Nomination Day that only those from Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), Bernama, the Information Department and the National Film Development Corporation (Finas) were allowed to enter the nomination centres on Saturday morning.

Source: thestar September 12, 2020 06:45 UTC