Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia

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Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia
Formation2011
Founderunknown
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
President
Norman Goh
Vice President
Hadi Azmi
Secretary
Anisah Shukry
Treasurer
Henry Berbar
Website www.fccm.my

The Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia (FCCM) is a non-profit organization developed in Malaysia, and was established in 2011 to aid foreign correspondents that are working in Malaysia. FCCM is also a member of the Asia-Pacific Association of Press Clubs and theyre currently serving as the Association’s first vice-president. FCCM main focuses is to improved the general well-being, working the environment of journalists that is working for foreign-based news organizations, which includes an negotiation for to bettered access for the government events, as well as sharing important informations, and others that matters. [1]

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FCCM are organizing regular briefings, and furthermore to include debates and other activities. [1]

History

Early times since the establishment of FCCM

According to The Diplomat , Luke Hunt said that since decades of planning and despite it being cleverly knocked on the head once by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohammed, Kuala Lumpur finally has its own foreign correspondents in Malaysia. The club's first president, Romen Bose of Agence France-Presse, said:

The idea of a foreign correspondents club in Malaysia isn’t new in that several groups had tried over the years to get one set up, and many had gone as far as having initial meetings and an executive committee drawn up, but were unable to get permission from the authorities. The last time a group of journalists tried to set one up was in 1992 when then AFP bureau chief Mervin Nambiar and a group of very senior correspondents had banded together to push for the club to be set up, but the powers that be refused to allow its formation. [2]

Online medias flourishment in Malaysia

Online medias were flourishing in the country of Malaysia, and it was also challenged for to repressed a mainstream press. President of Malaysia Najib Razak was promised for to reviewed his country's censorships methods. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "What is the FCCM?". FCCM (Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia). Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 Hunt, Luke (18 August 2011). "Malaysia Gets Press Club" . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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