Senator Datuk T. Murugiah will discuss with Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir to lift restriction on media coverage of the state assembly on May 7.On Thursday, the state information department issued a notice stating that only 13 mainstream media groups would be allowed to cover the entire state assembly proceedings from May 7 to May 13.
The 13 are RTM, BernamaTV and TV3, and New Straits Times, Berita Harian, The Star, Utusan Malaysia, China Press, Sin Chew Daily, Nanyang Siang Pau, Tamil Nanban, Tamil Nesan as well as national news agency Bernama.
The number of media workers are limited to two from each organisation -- one reporter and a photographer.
Media organisations not on the list will be barred from entering the state assembly hall
tunku : it is very bad move by perak state government to only allow the mainstream media groups only to cover it's state assembly.it should not happened and bn should learn fromthe past mistakes. they should allow other alternate medias too except for few which i support 100% if they bar them, malaysiatoday, malaysiainsider(kalimullah and brendan pariera) and few others.malaysiatoday should be barred forever.hope that zambry will take necessary action to allow more medias to cover the assembly proceedings. it is the interest of the public especially the perakians.don't be like dap in penang.
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The more selective we are with the freedom of the press the more trouble we are with the voters.
We also to constantly remember regardless every 4 to 5 year we need to face the voters.
The voters action in the polling station is based on accumulation of our action towards them or related to their world.
Dr. Zambri should know better about this than anybody else among the BN Adun.
If we could not let the freedom of the press to cover the state assembly in 1 week how we are going to govern with accountantbility in years to come before next PRU13.
Perak is drowning. I feel, the best way to resolve the impasse is to dissolve the assembly. Be gentlemen and go back to the rakyat. BN may get a two-third majority and this can be possible. Hanging to the courts is a bad precedent to democracy. Right or wrong, let the people decide.
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