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Info Dept streamlines media cards, two-year validity for most local practitioners

Cards for journalists with official government media and other local media organisations including online news sites will have a two-year validity period. 

Media cards are not licences, not mandatory for journalists: Fahmi

The media accreditation card issued by the Information Department does not function as a practising licence for journalists, unlike doctors, lawyers, and architects, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

Info Dept to use journalists’ code of ethics for media card approvals: Fahmi

The 1989 edition of the code of ethics, developed by the Malaysian Press Institute, has been used for the same purpose since then.

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