By FMT StaffKUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat will file a motion in Parliament to debate the Home Ministry’s move to reject PKR-owned tabloid Suara Keadlian’s application to renew its publishing permit.
Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah said PKR will also defend in court the content of the controversial Felda report, and the party will not apologise to Felda.
“We have sufficient evidence to defend the Suara Keadlian report; as such, I urge the government to stop its attempt to muzzle PKR and its newspaper,” he said, adding that Gombak MP Azmin Ali will file the motion this morning
Sivarasa also said that the rejection of the application to renew Suara Keadilan’s permit was aimed at preventing PKR from continuing to expose issues of public interest.
“This latest move by the ministry must be debated in Parliament because it touches on the right to free speech, the media and information involving public interests.
“The motion on Suara Keadilan will be filed to oppose the suspension and to urge the minister to immediately approve the publications and not obstruct our voice from PKR.
“The way we see it… the suspension of Suara Keadilan is evidence that Prime Minister Najib (Tun) Razak is rattled and worried about the Felda issue and the facts which Pakatan Rakyat has published in Suara Keadilan,” he said.
Meanwhile, on Felda’s move to summon Suara Keadilan, Sivarasa said: “Felda’s lawyers have seen the letter to Suara Keadilan. PKR will appoint a lawyer to officially study the letter.
‘But we have taken our stand that we will defend the content of the report published in Suara Keadilan,” he said.
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