Malaysia has come in at 123rd out of 180 countries in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index, moving up 22 places compared to 2018.
"In Malaysia, the ruling coalition was ousted in an election for the first time in the country’s 62 years of independence. This blew fresh air through the ossified media and transformed the environment for journalists," read the report on the 2019 World Press Freedom Index.
Based on the latest index, the report noted how a country’s political ecosystem impacts the freedom to inform.
