Malaysiakini not friendly to Umno
Online media have been barred from covering the ruling party's annual conference, a day after the government suspended two party organs for three months.
The opposition has said it fears a media crackdown is under way, after action was taken against the two political newsletters for "inciting hatred" against the government.
An official from Umno confirmed the party had rejected several applications from online media for access to the five-day meeting, which begin tonight, but did not give an exact number.
Five news websites told AFP that they had been denied access passes, including prominent news portals Malaysiakini and Malaysian Insider.
Umno executive secretary Husainay Hashim said the decision was made was because their coverage of previous Umno meetings was "not friendly".
"From our experience with Malaysiakini for instance, they are not too friendly with us, they are not helping us. You have to report based on facts, not distorting the story," he told AFP.
"We just don't give them the passes, it is not a ban. They can get information from elsewhere."
1 comment:
The problem with Malaysiakini is that they reported the facts not fiction and lies as suggested by UMNO. If Malaysiakini was reporting lies in the past they would have been sued left and right. But interestingly NO. So what is the actual reason for barring Malaysiakini, Mr secretary? You're lying and Rakyat knows it...and therein lies your problem. SO STOP LYING AND DISTORTING THE TRUTH. NOT ONLY MALAYSAIKINI UNFRIENDLY TO LIES, THE RAKYAT ALSO IS VERY UNFRIENDLY TO LIES ESPECIALLY FROM UMNO...AND THAT'S THE TRUTH!
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