Below is the ranking of the 10 ASEAN countries on the 2021 World Press Freedom Index:
– No 113 – Indonesia
– No 119 – Malaysia
– No 137 – Thailand
– No 138 – Philippines
– No 140 – Myanmar
– No 144 – Cambodia
– No 154 – Brunei
– No 160 – Singapore
– No 172 – Laos
– No 175 – Vietnam
While explaining Singapore’s ‘black’ status on the index, RSF wrote, “Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s government is always quick to sue critical journalists, apply pressure to make them unemployable, or even force…