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World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Tamil Newspaper Shut


The government has shut down a prominent and outspoken newspaper catering to ethnic minority Indians. The paper’s news editor, B. R. Rajan, called the move punishment. The Tamil-language daily, Makkal Osai, or People’s Voice, provided wide coverage for the opposition party of Anwar Ibrahim and for activists who marshaled 20,000 ethnic Indians to protest last November against racial discrimination in Malaysia.

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