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KUALA LUMPUR, 16 MARCH, 2010: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has denied claims that the China Press chief editor has been asked to resign following the newspaper's report about the Inspector-General of Police.
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
Hishammuddin said the claims by the opposition were baseless as he had yet to receive the reply to a show-cause letter issued to the newspaper.
"This is a wild allegation and an attempt to take advantage to sensationalise what essentially is a normal matter. What we have done in asking China Press to show cause is no difference from what we have done to The Star and Al-Islam," he told reporters at parliament lobby here today.
Earlier, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang, who is Ipoh Timur member of parliament, claimed that the China Press chief editor had been ordered to resign or the newspaper would be suspended between three to six months.
Hishammuddin said the Home Minister had sent a show-cause letter to the newspaper following its report that Tan Sri Musa Hassan would retire before the Police Day on March 25, which he said was not accurate.
The report, quoting sources, also claimed that the prime minister and Hishammuddin had received Musa's resignation letter, which was denied by both Musa and Hishammuddin.
Hishammuddin said the claims that the China Press chief editor had been punished was irresponsible just like when opposition MPs decided to walk out of the Dewan Rakyat today.
On the leadership transition in the Royal Malaysia Police, Hishammuddin said the matter had nothing to do with the purported resignation of the Inspector-General of Police.
He said the main issue involving the China Press now was how far the newspaper was able to give satisfactory explanation in line with the freedom given to the media.
"We can accept it if the explanation is reasonable," he said. On the decision by a majority of opposition MPs to walk out of the Dewan Rakyat, Hishammuddin said it would be up to the people to evaluate their performance.
The opposition members staged the walkout in protest of the decision by Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee not to allow a debate on a motion tabled by the Home Ministry.
The motion instructs the IGP to keep the roads and passages to parliament open during the current session.
The motion was later approved. |
