Malaysiakini's co-founder and chief executive officer Premesh Chandran owes it to his family and friends for their support in dedicating 10 years of his life to Malaysiakini.

In his speech at Malaysiakini's 10th anniversary, he said that Malaysiakini subscribers have "voted with their wallets against the tide of free content".

"Over 117,000 stories and 2,000 videos in four languages, published to an audience of two million unique readers - when we launched Malaysiakini, we never believed we would get this far," said Chandran.

"Indeed, Malaysiakini has exceeded the expectations of the founders, the staff and all those who took a leap of faith with us."

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