Ban on Utusan by Penang state government justified

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Today, a report in a local newspaper indicated that both the Penang Press Club and Penang Media Club were against the ban on Utusan Malaysia instituted by the Penang State Government and said that the action by the state was against press freedom.

Against press freedom? Let us ask these two news clubs again. Do you think that the actions by Utusan in publishing messages and articles instilling hatred and promoting extreme racism in our country is a correct kind of journalistic work? Does Utusan really practices journalistic principle in their reporting and article publications?

We really hope that the presidents of the two news clubs would think about it all over again whether Utusan is really a newspaper publisher or not. To most of the people, Utusan is no more a newspaper publisher nor a people's paper at all. This Umno-own newspaper does not belong to the category of a good journalism.

It likes to instill hatred, promote disunity, encourage provocation, anger and violence, enhance extreme racism with a clear intention of wanting to threaten the people and repeat the 13 May 1969 racial riots and murders.

Instead, we also want to urge both the Penang Press Club and Penang Media Club to expel or suspend Utusan from their club membership until they repent from their various irresponsible reporting and publications.

Look properly at the truth first before you all make this statement. We support the actions initiated by the state government in banning the Umno-owned newspaper from covering the state legislative assembly sittings and would also urge them to extend the ban on the said paper on all state government offices, state agencies, district offices and municipal council offices.

This racist newspaper should not be allowed to contaminate the entire Penang state anymore.

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