Sabah NGOs in solidarity with Malaysiakini

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah NGOs, the Women Action Resource Group (Sawo) (pic) and Partners of Community Organisations (Pacos), endorsed the solidarity statement with Malaysiakini issued by the Civil Society Cluster on Freedom of Expression voicing concern on the contempt of court case filed against the news portal, which was fined RM500,000.

Other national organisations like the Society for the Promotion of Human Rights whose founding chairman Tan Sri Simon Sipaun is a Sabahan, and G25, with a Sabahan activist, also endorsed the solidarity statement that: 

 

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