The managing director of new Tamil daily, which will hit the streets on Aug 1, fears for his life as there are people who do not want him to go ahead with the project.
KUALA LUMPUR: The managing director of a soon-to-be-launched Tamil daily, who has been assaulted twice in the past month, has been receiving death threats every day.
SM Periasamy said he had been receiving phone calls threatening to kill him if he went ahead to launch the daily, Tamil Malar.
“Now I realise that the calls are not due to business rivalry but from people who feel their wrongdoings will be exposed if I launch the newspaper,” he told FMT today.
Periasamy is expected to launch Tamil Malar on Aug 1.
“An Indian man called my house today and told me to stop launching the newspaper or risk being shot dead in a week.
“Since, they know my house telephone number, I believe these people know me well,” he added.
Periasamy formerly served as the general manager in two prominent Tamil newspapers — Malaysian Nanban and Makkal Osai.
He lodged a police report after he was assaulted last month.
“I have lodged more than five police reports on the death threats so far. But, until today there is no action from the police,” he said, adding that he was also concerned over the safety of his family members.
Periasamy is well known in the Tamil newspaper industry. He began his career with Tamil Osai in 1988. From there he moved to Malaysian Nanban before joining Makkal Osai in 2005.
He was sacked from Makkal Osai last year after an management tussle.
- See more at: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/07/03/new-tamil-daily-md-gets-death-threat/#sthash.UT83fKuk.dpuf
KUALA LUMPUR: The managing director of a soon-to-be-launched Tamil daily, who has been assaulted twice in the past month, has been receiving death threats every day.SM Periasamy said he had been receiving phone calls threatening to kill him if he went ahead to launch the daily, Tamil Malar.
“Now I realise that the calls are not due to business rivalry but from people who feel their wrongdoings will be exposed if I launch the newspaper,” he told FMT today.
Periasamy is expected to launch Tamil Malar on Aug 1.
“An Indian man called my house today and told me to stop launching the newspaper or risk being shot dead in a week.
“Since, they know my house telephone number, I believe these people know me well,” he added.
Periasamy formerly served as the general manager in two prominent Tamil newspapers — Malaysian Nanban and Makkal Osai.
He lodged a police report after he was assaulted last month.
“I have lodged more than five police reports on the death threats so far. But, until today there is no action from the police,” he said, adding that he was also concerned over the safety of his family members.
Periasamy is well known in the Tamil newspaper industry. He began his career with Tamil Osai in 1988. From there he moved to Malaysian Nanban before joining Makkal Osai in 2005.
He was sacked from Makkal Osai last year after an management tussle.
- See more at: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/07/03/new-tamil-daily-md-gets-death-threat/#sthash.UT83fKuk.dpuf
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