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The alerts included messages such as 'a war could break out', a major train station in Taipei being set on fire by 'Chinese agents' and Taiwan's president declaring a state of emergency.

The association was one of the last professional groups still standing after more than 50 civil society organisations disbanded over the past year under political pressure and arrests.

Top of the list was news of Najib Razak's RM100 million house although others were not far behind.

The Stand News raid raises more concerns about press freedom in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with the promise that its freedoms, including a free press, would be protected.

The Online Citizen had long been in the government's crosshairs.

While this may be a temporary effect, in almost all countries polled, audiences placed a greater premium on accurate and reliable news sources, it says.