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How do you define your action against misreport?

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Yesterday, a minister of the rebel government who held a press conference on behalf of the so-called national security council made a statement that the rebel government has allowed the police and the communications & multimedia commission (MCMC) to take whatever action possible against any news portal should they are found to have misreported any news or statements to the public. The rebel government should be held accountable on what they are trying to interpret here as such call for the authorities to take whatever action it could in the name of curbing misreport can be misguided and innocent parties could be wrongly taken into custody or charged in the court unnecessarily. First of all, can the rebel government clearly define what is the actual definition of its alleged misreport news, statement or claims of “fake news”? The rebel government cannot just simply haul up any parties and in the end telling us that “let the court decides”. Such words are unbecoming and irresponsi...