Kuala Lampur, Nov. 2 -- I read with great interest the piece on the media council written by media veteran Datuk Yong Soo Heong.

I must say I concur with his conclusion that after 50 years of waiting, the Malaysian Media Council is noticeably slow to respond.

As a former NUJ leader during the glory days of the Malaysian print media, I expected more from the current protem committee which is led by Malaysiakini's founding CEO Premesh Chandran.

The key issue is poor communication since the media council bill was passed by Dewan Rakyat in Feb and Dewan Negara in March.

For example why did the media council take so long to speak up when minister Nga Kor Ming conducted himself in an unseemly manner when responding to a journalist's questio...