A blow against one journalist is a blow against all

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Award-winning journalist Haresh Deol was assaulted in broad daylight in Bangsar, raising serious questions about motive and press safety.  Disclaimer: This video contains AI-generated depiction of several incidents and should not be taken as a factual representation of what occurred.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/11/25/a-blow-against-one-journalist-is-a-blow-against-all  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/11/25/ancaman-terhadap-seorang-wartawan-ancaman-terhadap-semua  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp= Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00It wasn't the dead of night. It wasn't some hidden alley.

00:04This happened at 3.30 in the afternoon in Bangsa when the streets were busy and the city was fully awake.

00:10A journalist had just finished a meeting and was walking back to his car.

00:14That journalist was Harish Diol, award winner, co-founder of 2213,

00:20and someone who spent a quarter of a century asking hard questions in the public interest.

00:25What followed is deeply unsettling.

00:27Two men approached him. One was wearing a helmet. The other was without one.

00:33And then there was a third man. Not to stop it, not to help, but to record it.

00:39Harish says he had a fleeting sense that something wasn't right.

00:43The men were behaving strangely. They are believed to have been waiting for him.

00:48He tried to get away, but he was knocked down.

00:51Then came the punches, the kicks, the violence.

00:54Nothing was stolen. This wasn't a robbery.

00:58This felt deliberate.

01:00And that's where the questions begin to stack up.

01:03How did they know exactly where he would be at that moment?

01:06Were they following him from his office in Ampang?

01:09Or somehow tracking his movements in advance?

01:12And why bring a cameraman if this was just a random act?

01:16Police have not confirmed any motive,

01:18But the presence of someone calmly filming the assault gives this incident a far more disturbing edge.

01:25Harish has recently reported on governance issues in Malaysian sport,

01:29including scrutiny over the national football team's naturalization process.

01:34No direct link has been established,

01:36but within the media community, the timing and method of this attack have set off alarm bells.

01:41Because if this can happen in broad daylight,

01:45on an open street, to a journalist simply doing his job,

01:49then the message is chillingly clear.

01:51Today it was Harish Diol, tomorrow it could be any journalist.

01:56And that is why this matters.

01:58A blow against one journalist is a blow against all.

02:02Frankie de Cruz and Panyujo, FMT.

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