Chapter 1 - Report of the Education and Public Relations Group
(iii) The Media Award
Journalist Ms Tan Su Lin of Astro Awani won in the Broadcast Category and Ms Shaila
Koshy, assistant news editor of The Star, took the award for the Print Category. Ms Tan
worked on a documentary entitled ‘Perjuangan Hak Tanah Orang Asli’, focusing on the
land rights of Indigenous Peoples in Malaysia. Ms Koshy was recognised for her reports on
human rights issues over a period of 24 years, particularly those pertaining to Indigenous
Peoples.
Ms Tan Su Lin of Astro Awani
receiving the Media Award
(Broadcast Category) for her
documentary on land rights of
Orang Asli
Ms Shaila Koshy of The Star receiving the
Media Award (Print Category) for her coverage
of human rights issues
(iv) The Special Award
Two awards were presented – to SK Lemoi, a rural school in Cameron Highlands, Pahang;
and to the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO). SK Lemoi was chosen because its
administrators had improved the quality of education of its Orang Asli students. SOCSO,
in turn, was recognised for its ‘Return to Work’ programme, which has assisted 6,294
workers – who had sustained disabilities due to injury or illness – to rejoin the workforce.
Mr Omadani Mohd Nor receiving the
Special Award on behalf of SK Lemoi
Datuk K Selvarajah, Executive Director of
SOCSO, accepting the Special Award on
behalf of the organisation
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