It is owned by founders Steven Gan and Premesh Chandran, investors Media Development Loan Fund and the Malaysiakini current and former staff. It is not linked to any political party or commercial interest. Malaysiakini is unique in the Malaysian context as it is one of the few independent media organisations in Malaysia. Our editorial position is consistently supportive of justice, human rights, democracy, freedom of speech and good governance. Discussion on taboo subjects such as migrant workers, AIDS, Islam and racial quota systems has generated a new understanding on these issues. Malaysiakini’s Letters section has generated active participation from readers of all races and religions and of various ideological backgrounds, creating an open and well-informed arena of public debate unseen in Malaysia since the 1960s.
Malaysiakini’s editorial position is built on fast, accurate and independent news, and well informed and diverse views. Launched on November 20th, 1999, offers daily news and views in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil, delivering over 37 million page views and 750,000 video downloads per month to over 1.6 million absolute unique visitors (Google Analytics, August 2008).Īs of July 2008, Malaysiakini became the most read news website and the most popular Malaysian website ()