CIJ和GERAMM对马来西亚反贪污委员会首席专员丹斯里阿占巴基(Tan Sri Azam Baki)针对独立记者拉丽塔发表两篇题为“反贪会领导层之间的业务联系:这有多深?”的第一篇及第二篇文章,向后者发出律师函及索偿1000万令吉感到震惊。该函要求吹哨者拉丽塔在14天内公开道歉,删除有关文章,并因玷污阿占巴基的名誉而支付1000万令吉赔偿金。 媒体被视为民主的第四权力,其主要任务是监督政府和执法单位是否有履行其职责。当独立调查记者 拉丽塔 提供基于事实的报道,提出符合公众利益的合法问题时,尤其如此。 阿占巴基对此次事件的应对方式让大众不禁疑惑反贪会与政府在打贪的信誉与意愿。 反贪会应该是根据吹哨者提供的情报展开调查,而不是调查吹哨者! 马来西亚不仅未能解决贪腐的问题,同时也未能为同样扮演吹哨者角色的调查记者提供足够的保护。 吹哨者是言论自由不可或缺的一部分。保护吹哨者至关重要,因为它可以保障公共利益并促进更有诚信的政府与更好的问责制度。 为此,我们呼吁立即通过以下建议: 马来西亚反贪污委员会首席专员丹斯里阿占巴基须立即撤回律师函并停止对其记者的骚扰; 必须重新评估2010 年《吹哨者保护法令》,并立即扩大和加强其保护范围; 政府必须保障媒体自由和马来西亚人言论自由的权益。政府须废除限制这些权益的压制性法律; 推动及建立一个独立的马来西亚媒体理事会(Malaysian Media Council), 其独立的自我监管机构可避免政府及其他执法单位成为真相的唯一仲裁者; 调查针对阿占巴基须的指控,维护反贪会和国家的信誉。
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