General Election and the Enigma of Free Press in Malaysia

Political Transformation Programme (PTP) announced by the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2012 is forecast to have changed the political and the local media landscape. This is because, traditionally, political news coverage in the Malaysia mainstream media is often seen as unbalanced and too favourable to the ruling party. To what extend this reform has been translated into meaningfn PTP has impact Malaysia newspapers press freedom with reference to Malaysia 2013 General Election (GE13) case. Through content analysis of three highly circulated newspapers, this paper discussed the press freedom scenario in contemporary Malaysia.