Be careful with your words, Fahmi tells new J-Kom chief

PETALING JAYA: Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil has told the new head of the community communications department (J-Kom), Hisyamuddin Ghazali, to be more careful with his words.

Fahmi said Hisyamuddin must exercise greater prudence to prevent his statements from being manipulated by the government’s rivals and others “intentionally looking to cause issues”.

“I told him that the energy and dynamism he has shown so far is good but, at the same time, he needs to be careful to ensure Malaysians understand what we are trying to convey,” he said, according to Berita Harian.

Fahmi, the government spokesman, credited Hisyamuddin with being quick to respond to issues in his first week on the job, describing it as a “fresh” approach compared with his predecessors.

Hisyamuddin was appointed J-Kom’s head last week, becoming the fourth person to head the department since the Anwar Ibrahim administration took office in November 2022.

He came under fire after allegedly using a racial slur against two government critics, businessman Albert Tei and social media influencer Eric See-To, in a social media post.

DAP’s former Klang MP Charles Santiago had also reprimanded Hisyammuddin over a call to Malaysians to “keep an eye on the Rohingya”.