Former EIC of The Star appointed as PM Anwar's media and strategic comms director

The Malaysian prime minister's office has appointed Rozaid Abdul Rahman,The Star's seasoned journalist as its new media and strategic communications director.

His appointment will be effective immediately. 

The 58-year-old senior editor for English-language newspaper in Malaysia, The Star, has taken over the role from Datuk Wan Nurzila Wan Abd Rahman, whose service ended earlier this month.

Prior to this appointment, Rozaid was The Star Media Group’s executive content officer, a position he was appointed to on 4 January 2021. He was also previously Sinar Karangkraf’s Group editor-in-chief for Sinar Harian and Sinar Daily. He succeeded Datuk Baharom Mahusin. 

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Rozaid played a key role in setting up the Sinar Daily digital platform when he joined the media group during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic. The Sinar Daily website was later launched under his purview on 1 Jan 2022. 

He was also most known for his 1989 report when he entered the 1.5km tunnel built by the Malayan Communist Party at the Malaysia-Thailand border soon after the peace agreement in December 1989.

Having started his career in the media as a cadet reporter for Utusan Malaysia in April 1984, Rahman’s years of experience will work as an asset to his new appointment. 

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