Sin Chew Daily
The pair founded" Malaysiakini.com" in November 1999, with a staff of four other journalists and a starting budget of $100,000. Gan served as its editor-in-chief. For its first story, "Malaysiakini" posted a report on 20 November criticising the practices of "Sin Chew Daily", Malaysia's largest-circulation Chinese-language newspaper. "Sin Chew Daily" had doctored a photograph of Malaysia's ruling party to remove Anwar Ibrahim, who had recently been imprisoned for corruption. According to BBC News, the "Malaysiakini" report led to "worldwide infamy" for "Sin Chew Daily", and the newspaper later issued a public apology. In April 2001, "Malaysiakini" made news again when it discovered and reported the secret detention of 10 political activists.