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The Coverage - Madani is more draconian in media freedom compared with previous Governments

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4, 2026: The Coverage Media Facebook page has been blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) effective yesterday.

It alleged that the so-called Madani Unity Government (UG) is even more draconian in media freedom and free speech than previous federal governments.

The Coverage also suspects that its Facebook block was triggered because certain DAP leaders are highly sensitive to criticism. Its last few articles before the block discussed issues involving Marina Ibrahim and questionable political appointments in GLCs.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below The Coverage’s post on the Facebook block:

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The Coverage Media Facebook Page Blocked by MCMC for the First Time in 10 Years

4 June, 2026

 

We regret to inform the public that our Coverage Media Facebook page has been restricted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) effective 3 June 2026.

Those outside Malaysia or using a VPN will still be able to access the page.

For more than 10 years, Coverage Media has been actively reporting on national issues and has been highly critical of leaders and governments from previous administrations. Despite this, we were never blocked — not even once. This is the first time in our 10-year history that our page has been restricted, and it is happening under the Madani government, which proudly proclaims itself as the defender of freedom of expression.

Just one week before shutting down our Facebook page, certain parties circulated fake news about Coverage Media. Among the false claims:

· They alleged that this portal belongs to MCA.

· They attempted to carry out character assassination against Shen Yee Aun, claiming he is linked to MCA.

· Just because of a few articles critical towards PKR and DAP, they falsely alleged that Coverage Media is trying to ask people to support BN or PN.

For the record:

· Coverage Media has no connection whatsoever with MCA.

· Shen Yee Aun was never a member of MCA.

· He only served under Tan Sri Chua Soi Lek during his tenure as MCA President from 2012 to 2014.

· Since Tan Sri Chua Soi Lek’s retirement, both have not been actively involved in politics for the past 12 years.

· They even tried to drag in Tan Sri Vincent Lee, who has absolutely nothing to do with Coverage Media.

· Shen Yee Aun and Tan Sri Vincent Lee have not been in contact since 2018.

· The company associated with them has been dormant since 2020 and has conducted no sales, monetization, or any commercial activities since 2018.

· Coverage Media was only founded in 2016 — two years after both Shen Yee Aun and Tan Sri Chua Soi Lek had already stopped serving in MCA.

· Linking Coverage Media to MCA is a complete insult to our independent voice and hard work.

· Under its current leadership, MCA is clearly incapable of owning or managing any media platform that can generate such strong public buzz, influence, and monthly hits of 16–20 million page views. This old dinosaur political party is already past its time and heading toward extinction.

· If you scroll through the entire The Coverage Media Facebook postings, you’ll notice far more criticism directed at BN and especially PN than at DAP or PKR.

· Yet, ironically, it’s DAP and PKR who seem unable to tolerate any criticism toward themselves. That intolerance is exactly why media ranking has dropped so badly under their administration.

· As for Shen Yee Aun, he is currently busy building his new YouTube live streaming platform called Cakap Hub since 2024.

· The Coverage Media no longer supports BN, PH, or PN. These are all old political entities. It is time for a new force in Malaysia. We only want to be the voice of the progressive.

Regarding DAP’s Wong Shu Qi:

· Her old article attacking both Shen Yee Aun and Coverage Media is nothing more than another hit piece aimed at covering up their own flaws and shortcomings.

· This is the same DAP leader who previously opposed political appointments in GLCs, but is now happily accepting the position of TalentCorp Chairman.

· According to DAP’s Rayer, the salary for such a political appointment ranges between RM 90,000 and RM 120,000 per month, excluding her MP salary and allowances.

We suspect this block was triggered because certain DAP leaders are highly sensitive to criticism. Our last few articles before the block discussed issues involving Marina Ibrahim and questionable political appointments in GLCs. We also highlighted unfair policy changes under the Madani administration, including:

· The increase in the Bumiputera quota for minimum land sales from 30% (during BN and PN eras) to 50% (madani).

· The new ban on non-Muslim religious worship in commercial areas in Selangor — something that had never occurred before.

We also exposed the misleading claims regarding UEC recognition, which in reality only permits entry into four specific Chinese-related courses and faculties.

As of now, our website remains accessible. However, we believe it is only a matter of time before access to the website is also restricted.

The authorities appear deeply concerned about the influence of our Facebook page, which genuinely speaks for the people. We consistently achieve a minimum of 16 million page views per month and are on track to surpass 20 million. Almost every post receives thousands of likes, shares, and comments.

They may try to silence our voice and shut down our platforms, but they can never silence your votes.

Special Thanks

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to China Press , Siti Kassim, Iswardy Morni, Faizal Rahman, Eric Lim Sian See and the Rakyat Bijak page for bravely speaking out against this draconian move to suppress media freedom. Their strong support highlights the sad reality that media freedom in Malaysia has deteriorated badly under the Madani government.

To all our loyal followers: Please read and click on our articles while you still can. Sooner or later, they will likely shut down this website too.

However, we are not bothered by this. The company has been dormant since 2018. All postings since then have been done purely for the fun of it and have no commercial impact on us. Meanwhile, Shen Yee Aun continues to slowly build his new personal platform at Cakap Hub.

Since our Facebook page has been blocked, we will resume active posting on our main website The Coverage Malaysia Facebook. You can follow us there for the latest updates. However, be mentally prepared that they may shut this website down too in the near future.

Final Note

For those media entities , platforms or individuals who appreciate Shen Yee Aun’s ideas, writings, research, and narratives, you may contact him via the The Coverage Malaysia Facebook inbox (before they ban it too).

Any individual or entity that wishes to publish, upload, or share Shen Yee Aun’s writings on their platform may also contact The Coverage Malaysia Facebook , as long as the content aligns with progressive voices, issues, and politics. Additionally, anyone that requires Shen Yee Aun’s writings and content for their respective platform is also encouraged to get in touch.

They can shut down any pages or platforms, but they can never shut down the voice of the progressive.

The Coverage Malaysia Facebook – LINK

Cakap Hub – LINK

The Coverage Media Facebook – LINK ( Blocked In Malaysia )

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Your future is in your ballots come state elections and GE16

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3, 2026: The above image was found on Facebook with the following text:

Ritz Farish

A - Di tuding lindungi ajam dan farhash
B - Ada kes maling 47 pertuduhan
C - parti ajaran sesat kata tun
D - terpalit tuduhan janawibawa
E - dalam jail
F - tiada sebarang kes...
So manakah pilihan anda..
Dinasor atau sang kancil... 

No News Is Bad News has a different take:

A - A sweet talking fake reformist who is NATO (No Action Talk Only);

B - Mr DNAA and a party or coalition that supports the corrupt and corruption (still lobbying to free jailbird Najib “1MDB” Razak) ;

C - A Taliban-like political party with such garbage extremist leadership or governance (very progressive indeed!):

 

D - A “I Am Malay First” racist who places race above nationality and loyalty to the country;

E - A convicted thief or kleptocrat who stole millions, if not billions, of Ringgit from rakyat dan negara (people and country); and

F - He (Rafizi Ramli) and his deputy (Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad) resigned from the Cabinet as ministers; resigned from PKR and as Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Reformasi (Reformation) cause.

We note that there are also two qualified prime minister candidates in East Malaysia left out in the image - Sabah Warisan's Shafie Apdal and Sarawak premier Abang Jo.

The following images were found on Facebook:

 

Bersama Reformasi to contest in Johor elections

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Bersama Reformasi to contest in Johor elections

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3, 2026: Bersama reformists Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad have confirmed that their party will field candidates in the coming Johor elections.

This is good news for multi-racial Malaysians as Bersama would serve as a political alternative to the expired and empty-promising Taliban-like PAS, Pakatan Harapan (PH) , Perikatan Nasional (PN-Bersatu) and the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN).

This means there will be five-corner free-for-all electoral battles (BN, PAS, PN, PH and Bersama) in Johor.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on Bersama’s confirmation to contest in the Johor elections and a Straits Times (Singapore) report on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's plight:

Bersama to contest Johor polls

FMT Reporters

Bersama will also hold a nationwide tour to draw attention to its key agenda, with its first stop in Melaka on June 7.

Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad took over Bersama after resigning as the MPs for Pandan and Setiawangsa, and quitting PKR.

PETALING JAYA: Parti Bersama Malaysia will contest the state election in Johor, Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad have announced.

In a statement, the former PKR duo said further discussions would be held today with Bersama’s representatives in Johor to identify the seats the party would contest.

“The 2026 Johor state election gives Bersama the opportunity to introduce itself to Johor voters despite it being less than a month after Bersama was relaunched on May 17.

“This will also allow Bersama to establish its election machinery in a short span of time and test its strength in preparing for other future elections,” they said in a statement.

The former ministers also announced that Bersama would embark on a nationwide tour to draw attention to its key agenda, with its first stop in Melaka on June 7.

It will also visit Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, Penang, Kedah, Perlis, and Kuala Lumpur.

Rafizi and Nik Nazmi took over Bersama after resigning as the MPs for Pandan and Setiawangsa, respectively, and quitting PKR.

The Johor assembly was dissolved on Monday, paving the way for the 16th state election to be held within 60 days.

Also, are these three able to win enough seats in the 222-seat Parliament to form the next federal government with Sarawak and Sabah (Warisan) after the next general election (GE)?

Bersama’s political direction for multi-racial Malaysia

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Bersama’s political direction for multi-racial Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2, 2026: Bersama (or Kancil) has yet to issue any statement on the dissolution of the Johor Assembly yesterday and whether it will contest in the elections.

Reformists (Reformasi) Rafizi Ramli and Niz Nazmi Nik Ahmad have been posting in the internet explaining what Bersama is about and its political direction for good governance for multi-racial Malaysians and Malaysia.

For the politically uninitiated, No News Is Bad News reproduces below some of the messages from the two reformists:

 

Rafizi Ramli 

 

TWO WEEKS TOGETHER, WHERE ARE WE GOING?

We're already together about to enter 2 weeks. Sort of things have happened.

I'd like to take 8 minutes to guide TOGETHER members and those advocates - where we are one month from now.

Chapter One: Situational Assessment - what is the current status and answering various questions?

1) Membership - we have passed 20,000 members as expected. I will update from time to time

2) What is TOGETHER ideology - we want to pioneer a more developed Malaysia for the common people, against the interest classes.

All along, political parties have changed but not many have the courage to fight the interest classes. Eventually, the system remains the same.

In the past, ordinary citizens were tired of working to live a better life because of the opportunity, Insya-Allah. Nowadays, ordinary citizens work hard just to get a chance, that too may not be successful.

3) How TOGETHER can achieve these goals - 12 TOGETHER Agenda aims to build a policy infrastructure that changes the system, not just continue what's already there with a few improvements.

Changes in laws, programs and approaches will be presented to the citizens, complete with cost benefit analysis, funding analysis and ways to implement.

4) TOGETHER will be like Fighters, Youth, PSM - win or lose is Allah's decision. TOGETHER does not put power in the near future as a target.

Nik and I have decided to let go of everything so that there is a political platform suitable for ordinary citizens that are future focused.

Insya-Allah, if we are sincere, Allah will help.

5) I paid RM8.5 million to buy TOGETHER - That's a slander spread by government cyber trooper, also sponsored by the Minister of Communications. Don't worry, we leave it to Allah. There will be a reply to them one day.

Mr Tan, the founder of TOGETHER cried while handing over the party to us. He only asks to take good care of TOGETHER and so that he can take care of the ordinary citizens better than he was able to do before.

Chapter Two: What's the guide to the field for the next month?

1) Focus on introducing TOGETHER and 12 Agendas to as many people. Thank you ordinary people who have coloured social media platforms with yellow and Kancil colours for the past 2 weeks.

Keep creating content, keep being creative. Create content that attracts the interest of young people and voters over the fence.

2) Check out mine and Nik's description about TOGETHER. When there is an attack, we will respond. When there is an issue, we speak up. We'll always make a statement.

Digest and understand what we are delivering, use those arguments to answer on social media.

3) Always comment with the link https://bersama.org so that people know where to become a TOGETHER member.

When tweeting, making content, commenting, replying on social media or forwarding on WhatsApp Telegram, there is always a link https://bersama.org

4) Maintain manners and orderliness, remove toxic things, focus on the positive. Don't be obsessed with me or Nik. I'm not handsome and fat, waste your time being obsessed with me. I'm not great, I'm just a little more brave than the other politicians.

When there are all sorts of curses, follow him. Just we give the facts, explain. He wants to whine as he pleases, because if he whines while slandering, he is paid for money in this world and paid for sins in the hereafter.

Be confident of allaah. We focus on positive things, about the future of the country, about the youth, about the people's difficulties.

Chapter Three: What important milestones will happen in June?

1) Insya-Allah, HQ TOGETHER will be ready by the end of June. Currently renovating, there will be a 400 person hall, meeting room and others. When ready, we'll smooth out the election machine here.

2) New merchandise will be launched. Focus on more interesting merchandise, fresher message and there are 2-3 merch that people never make.

3) We will provide recruitment kits to help members recruit new members. Looks a bit like a night. We will have a referral code, excellent members recruit new members we will eat TOGETHER and Insya-Allah Nik will pay ha3.

4) Nik and I will be going to the states introducing TOGETHER and outlining the 12 Agendas TOGETHER. If there is a professor of media from UUM who slapped early on, it's good for him to follow this tour so that he can compare the accuracy of how we developed each policy, compare also to other party manifestos. Then it is fair and worthy to be called a media professor.

5) Kancil App will be ready by the end of June. TOGETHER will manage members and build machinery on parliamentary seats using the app. From this app, we will bring closer the cooperation and goodwill of the members according to the parliamentary seats. PRU campaign on parliament seats will also begin.

Chapter Four: I want to be a candidate and JK the Sponsor

1) Everyone has a chance to become a candidate. Applications to become candidates will be opened in the near future. Have to go through a bit of the process of introducing yourself, speaking in front of the screen. Everyone has an equal opportunity. Don't have to know me or Nik to have a chance to be a candidate.

There are JK Candidates who will filter and evaluate one by one. I'm not in that JK, I'm busy being a war general down there if busy entertaining candidate applications, we're ruined.

2) TOGETHER there is no JK Sponsor either at the level of parliament or state seats. We will continue to build machinery at the parliamentary seat level from members and volunteers, management made through the Kancil app. We don't need JK Sponsors at parliament or state level because all membership matters are done through bersama.org and after this management of election campaign is done through Kancil app.

We want to start from scratch. We don't want to bring culture from any other party. That's why we skip the JK sponsor culture to avoid lobbying to become JK sponsor.

Once again, I, Nik and all those behind the scenes of TOGETHER would like to thank all the Malaysians who have been together so far.

We still have a long way to go, but we have already made the first step. Kancil just born and just learned to stand, now we train this kancil to be good at running.

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

official.bersama

21/05/2026

TOGETHER believe politics must go back to basics.

Not politics to take over positions. It's not politics to accumulate wealth. It's not politics to take care of your own interests.

We need politics that serve. Honest politics. Politics that gives hope to the people.

Real change is not just changing governments. Real change is changing the way of thinking, political culture, and the pattern of administration of a country.