Tuesday, 21 Apr 2020 10:16 AM MYTCEO of The Edge Media Group, Datuk Ho Kay Tat, speaks during the Malaysian Strategic Financial Outlook Forum in Kuala Lumpur March 12, 2019. — Picture by Choo Choy May today published its final print edition after 13 years before it goes fully digital tomorrow., The Edge Media Group publisher and group chief executive Datuk Ho Kay Tat said the decision to cease print was made in light of the developing Malaysian media landscape and ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.
“Sadly, FD is unable to survive the double onslaught of the shift to digital news and the current lockdown of the economy because of the Covid-19 pandemic.. But it will not be the last stories our journalists will write for you,” he said. weekly, launched FD on May 22, 2007. Since then, it has published continuously — except in July 2015 when the Malaysian government suspended the publishing licence of The Edge media group's two print publications, weekly, alleging that their coverage of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad threatened the country's national security and public order.