KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14 -- Thai-based political commentator Murray Hunter has issued a public apology and fully retracted a series of articles about the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as part of a settlement agreement with the regulator.

The apology follows a period of legal action against Hunter.

In October 2025, the High Court in Shah Alam found him liable for defamation in a civil suit brought by the MCMC.

Weeks earlier, he had been arrested by Thai authorities acting on the MCMC's complaint, and was later charged there with criminal defamation over the same matter.

In a public apology published on his Substack page yesterday, Hunter acknowledged the impact of his writings.

"I acknowledge that my comments ...