Another Sarawak paper on 2-week suspension
Breaking news from Kuching:
The Berita Petang Sarawak newspaper 《 砂拉越晚报 》 has been suspended for two weeks for publishing a Prophet Muhammed caricature accompanying a story headlined: "Kami bersedia melancarkan perang jihad" on Feb 4. However, at the time of this blog entry, Screenshots could not verify what cartoon was used.
Berita Petang Sarawak is an affiliate of International Times 《 国际时报 》.
UPDATES: Read Malaysiakini.
TV3 & ntv7
According to a Bernama story time-stamped 17:26hr, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Dr Lim Keng Yaik responded to questions from reporters and stated that his ministry can take action against two of Malaysia's private television stations if they are proven to have shown footages of the controversial caricatures of Prophet Muhammad.
However, Keng Yaik said the action would be based on recommendation from the Internal Security Ministry.
Earlier, media reports said apart from RTM, TV3 and NTV7, two private TV stations owned by Media Prima, had allegedly also aired footages of the caricatures. According to Bernama, the Internal Security Ministry is currently looking into the matter.
Dr Lim's ministry, through the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), is responsible for the licensing of private television stations in the country, while the Ministry of Information oversees the government-owned channels, TV1 and TV2.
Comments
I feel sick... I really do. If this is not proof that we are deep in a shit hole, I don't know what is. I weep for Malaysia.
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February 26, 2006 12:03 AM
On another thought, maybe Sabah and Sarawak ought to save themselves while they still can and secede from the Federation...
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February 26, 2006 12:07 AM
em..... good idea!! but will the federation let the golden lamb go easily?
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February 26, 2006 12:19 AM
hmm... like this also weep...
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February 26, 2006 01:47 AM
never ending story...
Jeff, Keep up the good work...
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February 26, 2006 02:00 AM
Sigh another one? Cukup la...
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February 26, 2006 04:28 AM
This was reported in the Singapore Straits Times.
"In Malaysia, a row has erupted between the New Straits Times and their detractors, who have hit out at the paper for publishing a cartoon - a separate one from the original 12 depicting the prophet - which they say upset some Muslims. The newspaper has since apologised. Yet, underlying the dispute is a bitter power struggle, with racial overtones, that has been raging in Kuala Lumpur's media and political circles. As one Malaysian editor put it:'The showdown is only 10% about the cartoon, and 90% about everything else.' - end quote.
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February 26, 2006 07:04 AM