Children under 13 must be banned from Facebook, TikTok

Children under the age of 13 must be banned from having Facebook and TikTok accounts, suggested Communications Ministry. Two Chinese dailies – Sin Chew and Guang Ming led with this today.

The face off between Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) against pirates in the waters off Kunak, Sabah is the headlines in Nanyang Daily and Kwong Wah Yit Poh.

China Press headlined that a Chinese mother and son were charged with human trafficking and sexual exploitation of Indonesian and Iban women into prostitution.

Editorial

Sin Chew Daily highlighted the “Maaf Zahir Batin #MZB365” campaign that is meant to promote unite and combat hate speech. It is a joint project undertaken by several media houses.

In raising salaries of the civil servants, Nanyang Daily reminded the government to ensure the performance of civil servants are also on par.

The daily added that salary increment that fails to raise the efficiency would be equivalent to wasting public funds and straining the nation’s finances.