Malaysia Reporter Caught in Frame-up, Critics Say

Malaysia Reporter Caught in Frame-up, Critics Say

The decision last week by Malaysian authorities to charge B. Nantha Kumar, a widely-respected reporter with the Kuala Lumpur-based news portal Malaysiakini, with taking a bribe to back away from a probe of immigration fraud, has awakened new concerns about integrity, not so much on Kumar’s part, but the government itself.The case has raised new concerns both locally and internationally about press freedom in Malaysia, which has fallen precipitou…