Malaysia Chronicle website blocked in Malaysia

The authorities have apparently blocked the Malaysia Chronicle website since Friday, but its editor said no word had been received from the Internet regulator, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.

Wong Choon Mei confirmed that the website was blocked from noon on Friday a few hours before the Budget speech in Parliament.

Wong would not make further comments, according to a report by Malaysian Insider.

The website’s address at www.malaysia-chronicle.com returns a page with the notice: “This website is not available in Malaysia as it violates the national law(s)”.

In July, MCMC blocked Malaysian access to Sarawak Report, which is based in Britain, on the grounds that its articles on the government investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd were a threat to national order and security.

However, Sarawak Report can be accessed by using virtual private networks or by changing DNS settings on computers and smartphones.

Malaysia Chronicle also posted instructions on its Facebook page on how to adjust DNS settings.

No details were available from MCMC about the block.