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Opposition: Boycott Malay papers for fanning racial hatred

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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 12:01

The Pakatan Rakyat alliance has called for an immediate boycott of Malay newspapers Utusan Malaysia and Mingguan Malaysia for what it said was unfair reporting and for allegedly fanning racial sentiments.

In a joint statement issued at a press conference in the lobby of Parliament, Opposition leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the mainstream media had shown signs of opening up since the results of the March 8 polls.

However, many publications still gave wider coverage to Barisan Nasional and its component parties, while stories on Pakatan Rakyat tended to be full of distortion and misinformation to discredit the alliance parties and their leaders, she claimed.

The Parti Keadilan Rakyat president was accompanied by alliance members DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and PAS deputy president Nasaruddin Mat Isa in reading out the joint statement.

Dr Wan Azizah said the worst were the two aforementioned newspapers, which she claimed unfairly criticised and demonised Pakatan Rakyat leaders.

She also alleged these publications were always trying to provoke narrow ethnic sentiments, "clearly with the intention of creating anger among Malays against Pakatan Rakyat component parties."

THE STAR

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written by DatoSeri, May 27, 2008 12:17:49

It is unfortunate that these Malay newspapers are owned by UMNO or BN cronies. These MSM never failed to kiss up their owners/master. As and when the masters instructed or even before, these MSMs are self censored and sing the same tunes.

The latest effort to shield the eyes of the public after UMNO's miserable performance in GE is to chock up racial sentiments in every opportunity. These newspaper mediums follow religiously.

I have not been reading the Malay MSM for a long time. M-Today is my choice!

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written by InEffective, May 27, 2008 12:19:53

Yes - its time to surface the racial terrorists and expose their illegitimate behavior - those holding this nation to ransom by fanning fear,uncertainty, and blame.

Malaysia rakyat - we owe our nation and our children a much better future.
(we will all lose in racial nationalism)

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written by Dominic, May 27, 2008 12:22:25

Well, their days are numbered. Every soon when PR stayed in power,revoke their licence.

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written by Mustapha Kamal, May 27, 2008 12:47:15

Boycott ? Report them to Musa Hassan for sedition, and watch what he does ! Your guess is as good as mine as to what he does !

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written by ONGJJJ, May 27, 2008 12:50:51

Mens rea & actus reus of sedition are present in most of the inflammatory articles. Make a police report and send them to jail or better still send them to Kamunting under ISA. Celaka punya orang.

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written by mikewang, May 27, 2008 12:59:01

Make a start by ensuring that the named papers will not appear in any state government agencies or GRCs run by PR governments.

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written by miwaki, May 27, 2008 13:18:33

Stop taking up advertising space in these useless papers and see how long they can survive.

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written by chin, May 27, 2008 14:19:27

Report to Police.

Its a matter of principle, to put on record.

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written by tino_chan1988, May 27, 2008 14:28:06

If RPK statement on the Altantuya murder case is deemed seditious and some of the other non-government comments are racial-filled which potentially may cause unrest in the country, then perhaps the people behind these newspapers, Hishamuddin's & his antics of kris-wielding and those 'ketuanan melayu' remarks should also be treated as such as well, seditious and poses a threat to the nation.

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written by Sword of Justice, May 27, 2008 14:39:36

Maybe as a start all PR controlled govt offices and departments should stop purchasing these newspapers, this is what Mahathir did to Newsweek and FEER a long time ago.

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written by Joe112u, May 27, 2008 15:50:09

Yes, stop purchasing of these papers is a good way to vote with our 'feet'. At least now the English dailies, Star and Straits Times, are less sycophantic that before the election. Even MCA, MIC, Gerakan are also moving with the times, although a little too late.

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written by Leon, May 27, 2008 16:01:41

The govt. of Selangor can find a way to drive NST group as well as The Star, Nanyang Siang Pau, Sin Chew Jit Poh, etc. etc., to move their premises out of Selangor. How do you justify an enterprise who spits and shits on its own dining table? Probably the state can't revoke their publishing licenses, but at least it can revoke or suspend their business licenses as these come under the jurisdiction of the local govts.

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written by mgeo, May 27, 2008 16:41:10

The only logic ("modal") these anarchists have is "Support me while I loot, because I am of the same race/group/etc. as you.

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written by glock17, May 27, 2008 17:39:48

This are propaganda paper that control by 'spin master' that practice extreme ultra narrow-minded nationalism. Their mentality is the motha of all racist-corruprtive governing ideology that we inherit today via Omnoputras.

Glco17

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written by malaysia devil, May 27, 2008 18:44:36

WILL UMNO SURVIVE?
The fear among many people of UMNO ever breaking-up is being allayed by their trust in Dr Mahathir. There is nothing that he cannot fix. In fact, he, and the party may even come out more triumphant in any crisis. So goes the thought. Will it work this time around? To get an idea, let's look at some aspects of UMNO's less bright side. To begin with the party lacks renewed idealism. Its membership is elicited among social climbers with corporate ambitions, rather than among those with a commitment to a cause. As some would see it, in UMNO, the only cause worth dying for (or lying for) is money.
read more at: http://malaysianindian1.blogsp...rvive.html

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written by the saint, May 27, 2008 21:45:08

It is really sad to see people of this noble profession ( where the pen is classified as mightier than the sword ), resort to polishing their political masters for mere crumbs thrown to them.

These irresponsible journalists should realise the damage they can do to the unity and progress of the nation, with their trumped up reports. Mahathir is also a culprit who goes around creating bogeymen and fanning the racial hatred.

Isn't this trend seditious ???

It is only people with peanut brains and who have run out of intelligents, who will resort to such " below the belt " tactics. It's like Tyson biting Holyfields ears !!!

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written by mamakstail, May 27, 2008 21:56:07

The truth is as everyone knows that these newspapers are shit papers!!! The more they try to report bias news the deeper they are going to sink into the shit pit...

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written by myke, May 27, 2008 22:46:13

I've already stopped buying any main stream papers yrs back. Blogs are my source of information.

BOYCOT MSM..!!!!

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