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Friday, December 12, 2014

Will Najib sit in the WITNESS BOX for one whole week - Ambiga

Will Najib sit in the WITNESS BOX for one whole week - Ambiga
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and other leaders should not resort to suing the press and instead should use various platforms to respond to allegations made against them, said Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan.
The human rights lawyer said by doing so, the leaders would have a chilling effect on the media and freedom of speech.
“The leaders have so many platforms to respond to any of those allegations. Why do they have to take this route?
“This is wrong and complete nonsense. What is the Prime Minister going to do? Sit in the witness box for one whole week?
“And how many press are they going to sue? If you sue a certain press but not the rest, does that mean the allegations are the truth?”
Democracy embedded in Constitution, not a 'western' culture
Ambiga was speaking at a forum on “Freedom of Expression” at the Straits Trading Building today.
She insisted that democracy was not a Western concept, but was embedded in Malaysia’s Constitution.
The former Malaysian Bar president, however, stood in defence of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who had sued Malay language daily Utusan Malaysia in 2011 for defaming him in an article entitled, “Kebiadaban Guan Eng”.
“Lim Guan Eng sued Utusan because he was denied the right to reply.
“Malaysiakini offered the Prime Minister a chance to respond but he refused,” she said, referring to Najib and Umno’s recent suit against the English news portal over “defamatory” readers’ comments published on the website.
She also claimed that the government had put on an effort to brainwash the younger generation, a worrying trend that should be stopped immediately.
“They (the government) are rewriting history, segregating students and inviting racist ideologies. We owe it to the students to put a stop to this.
“When you narrow the minds of the young ones, you are destroying the confidence of your community.”  - Rakyat Post

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