MCMC orders Raja Petra to remove Kuok articles

Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was instructed by the Malaysian Communica-tions and Multimedia Commis-sion (MCMC) to remove his articles on billionaire Robert Kuok by 10am today.

6 Mar 2018 | 7:00 AM

In an e-mail sent to Raja Petra yesterday, MCMC instructed him to remove the three articles on Kuok, “Robert Kuak wants Chinese rule in Malaysia”, “Malaysian Insight fun­der fingered”, and “Robert Kuok’s last chance at changing the Govern­ment”, from his Malaysian Today site.

MCMC said in the e-mail, which Raja Petra published on the site, that the articles contravened Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

“As such, your site needs to delete the articles before 10am (Malaysian time) on Tuesday, March 6, 2018,” it said.

The articles were removed by yesterday afternoon.

In his articles, Raja Petra claimed the 94-year-old was funding DAP in order to topple the Barisan Nasional government, an allegation that both Kuok and DAP have refuted.

Raja Petra also alleged that Kuok was funding the news portal The Malaysian Insight.

The claims have led to outrage among several personalities in Umno, most notably Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.

Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/03/06/mcmc-orders-raja-petra-to-remove-kuok-articles/

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