Once branded as 'enemy of the press', what does Mahathir Mohamad's return to power mean for Malaysia's journalists?
Malaysia's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad isn't a new face for journalists in the country. Many of them would have covered him during the 22 years that he was previously prime minister, from 1981 to 2003 - and it wasn't easy for them.
In his first stint as prime minister, Mahathir shut down newspapers, passed repressive media laws and called up editors to advise them on their coverage.
By the end of his time in power, he had been branded an "enemy of the press" by the Committee to Protect Journalists. With his return to office, however, at age 93, he appears to have changed his tune.
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