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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Revoke Utusan’s permit, Najib dared

K Pragalath

MCLM's Haris Ibrahim challenges the Umno president to pull the plug on his party's paper if he is serious about 1Malaysia.


PETALING JAYA: A civil society activist has challenged Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to revoke Utusan Malaysia’s permit.

Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) chairman Haris Ibrahim also said that Malaysians should disregard the Umno-owned daily and launch a nationwide boycott.

As for Najib, Haris said: “If you are serious about 1Malaysia, why not revoke Utusan’s permit?”



He added that the Sarawak election on Saturday witnessed a significant amount of people rejecting Barisan Nasional.

“It is a democratisation change but Utusan viewed it along racial lines,” he said, adding that such writings were “typical of Utusan to feed insidious ideas to rural Malays in the Malay heartland.”

In an article yesterday, the Malay-language daily had urged the government to ignore the Chinese because the community supported the opposition.

PAS’ Kuala Selangor MP Dzulkefly Ahmad however warned that Najib would be “digging his grave” if he listened to Utusan.

Meanwhile, political analyst Prof James Chin opined that Umno had decided to brush aside Chinese votes, and this was reflected in the Utusan article.

“Umno cannot depend on MCA and Gerakan to bring in the Chinese votes. Utusan is hoping that BN will sideline the Chinese and Indians but it will not happen because BN takes pride in being a multiracial ruling coalition,” he said.

Suaram coordinator Hasbeemasputra Abu Bakar also took Utusan to task over the article, which he said was racist and belittled the 1Malaysia concept.

“For Utusan to urge the government to distribute development along racial lines is low and uncalled for,” he said, adding that development was the responsibility of the government and the right of the people, and should not be held to ransom.

Previously, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and MIC’s publicity and communications chief S Vell Paari also slammed Utusan over the article.
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20 comments:

  1. DarrenApril 19, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Najib won't do it.

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  2. blackApril 19, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    I don't think Najib will revoke Utusan and I don't think Najib will listen to Utusan..

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  3. kittieApril 19, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    Let us just wait and see.

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  4. kittieApril 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    But it be a good idea to revoke Utusan Malaysia’s permit. That way it be easy to achieve 1Malaysia.

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  5. kittieApril 19, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    But it be a good idea to revoke Utusan Malaysia’s permit. That way it be easy to achieve 1Malaysia.

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  6. lokawiApril 19, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    No need to revoke the newspaper permit..just stop buying the newspaper will be enough..save the environment summore....

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  7. kayApril 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    I think Najib knows what to do.

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  8. kayApril 19, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    just let Najib do what he thinks good for all people.

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  9. samandaApril 19, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    najib pasti tau apa perlu dilakukan dgn Utusan.

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  10. sayApril 19, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    let just see what Najib will do about this matter.

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  11. Trashy SaggyApril 19, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Tidak payah la baca Utusan tu.

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  12. albet wongApril 19, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    Najib know what to do..

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  13. YaulingApril 19, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Jika begitu lebih baik tidak payah ada surat khabar jika ini pun mahu dijadikan isu besar. Apa pun kita mahukan biarlah berita yang diberikan berguna untuk rakyat dan bukan hanya demi kepentingan diri sendiri.

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  14. mandauApril 19, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    rasanya hal ini tak perlu diperbesarkan, utusan tau apa yang mereka siarkan.

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  15. AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Ya, Utusan patut diberi sedikit pengajaran. Tapi saya yakin Najib tidak akan melakukannya.

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  16. Utusan RAKYATApril 20, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Sejak sekian lamanya, utusan sudah menjadi nadi perjuangan umno dan bertindak sebagai penyebar polisi umno serta peniup penipuan kepada rakyat. Jika najis menarik permit penerbitan akhbar ini, ini sudah tentunya ibarat mencabut tangan kiri dan kaki kanannya. Tunggu sahaja dia beri alasan nanti. saya pasti dia hanya akan menegur akhbar ini "seperti bercakap dengan isteri(rosbigmama@neneksihir) dalam kelambu". Saya cadangkan kepada warganegara berbangsa cina supaya membawa kes ini ke mahkamah atas 3 sebab;-menghasut kerajaan dan rakyat utk membenci cina dan menghina warganegara yg berbangsa cina. Bagi pengajaran secukupnya kepada akhbar ini terutamanya penulis artikel dan pada masa yg sama membaikot akhbar mereka.

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  17. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    This is against the 1 Malaysia concept.

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  18. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Would Najib walk the talk?

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  19. Mohd IshakApril 23, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Najib patut mengambil tindakan ke atas Utusan yang rasis ini.

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  20. Mohd IshakApril 23, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Jangan cakap tak serupa bikin.

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