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To protest against Putrajaya's attempt to clamp down the media freedom in Malaysia by suspending The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily, and blocking Sarawak Report in Malaysia over their reports on the debt-ridden 1MDB, hundreds of media practitioners and democracy activists rallied today, 8 August, at KL's Central Market before marching to the Bar Council office in Leboh Pasar
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Holding placards and shouting slogans of solidarity in support of free media, the protesters demanded that the access to Sarawak Report's website be restored and asked that the government should stop any further effort to impose more restrictions on the Internet
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According to The Malaysian Insider:
Boo Su-Lyn, spokesperson for Coalition for Press Freedom, said:
The hour-long protest ended peacefully with little sign of police as protesters walked about with banners and placards. Previously, organisers of the walk, the Coalition for Press Freedom (CPF), had met with police and obtained the green light for the rally.
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