KUCHING: Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian has described the latest directive from the Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s office to local newspapers not to cover opposition-organised press conferences or publish its statements as a reaction of 'a guilty man.'
“To-date the chief minister has not denied the reports regarding properties worth billions of ringgit allegedly owned by him and his family.
“So why is he so paranoid?” Bian asked, pointing out that “that’s the reaction of a guilty man”.
“In the ICT age, there are alternatives for news so his directive makes him sound more like a fool.
“Nevertheless, truth is like a ball, when pressed under water, you can’t hold it down too long. Eventually it will pop up elsewhere,” added Bian.
Bian was asked to comment on the directive issued by the CM’s office to all print media organisation in the state.
The directive was conveyed on July 1 to owners and editors of newspapers through the state information department.
The directive came in the wake of a number of reports lodged with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) urging it to investigate Taib’s properties.
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