Free Malaysia Today

Free Malaysia Today (FMT)
Type Daily online newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) MToday News Sdn. Bhd.
Editor M.Menon
Managing editors Nelson Fernandez
News editor Shahrom Shahrudin
Founded 2009
Political alignment Independent
Headquarters Unit 1330 & 1332, 13th Floor,
Blok A Damansara Intan,
No 1, Jalan SS20/27, 47400 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia
Website www.freemalaysiatoday.com

The Free Malaysia Today (FMT) is a Malaysian daily online newspaper founded and continuously published in Petaling Jaya.[1] The Free Malaysia Today website is one of the most popular Malaysian online newspaper website, with site visits from more than 20 countries, 100,000 visitors and 200,000 pageviews per day.

Controversy

Defamatory content and legal suit

In early 2015, the newspaper has been sued by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for its defamatory content titled "Guan Eng has failed, says NGO".[2] Lim later won the suit and the newspaper was ordered to pay damages for MYR300,000 to him.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mtoday News Sdn Bhd at The Yellowpages of the Telekom Malaysia.
  2. ↑ Imran Hilmy (20 January 2015). "Penang CM testifies in defamation suit". The Sun. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Zalinah Noordin (4 August 2015). "Guan Eng wins RM300,000 in damages over defamatory article". The Rakyat Post. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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