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- PKR backs down from Parliament opening boycott threat
- The Star's reporter bags top environment journalism prize
- PM Najib: Govt won't impose licensing for news portals
| PKR backs down from Parliament opening boycott threat Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:35 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: PKR will not boycott the opening ceremony of the 13th Parliament sitting after all. The party's political bureau made a unanimous decision Wednesday night not to boycott the sitting scheduled on June 24. PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin confirmed that the decision was unanimous. She claimed that PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's earlier suggestion to boycott the sitting in protest of alleged electoral fraud was spun. "His statement was spun. We are not going to boycott," she said when contacted. Zuraida had earlier said the Wanita wing did not agree to the boycott as they needed to be present at Parliament to effectively represent the electorate. Anwar, who is also the Opposition leader, was quoted in media saying PKR should perhaps look into boycotting the sitting in protest of alleged electoral fraud. DAP and PAS leaders did not agree to the suggestion. Related Stories: |
| The Star's reporter bags top environment journalism prize Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:52 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: The Star's journalist Isabelle Lai Lin Hui clinched the Petronas-Best Environment Journalism (Kewartawanan Alam Sekitar Cemerlang-Petronas) Award at the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI)-Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2012 here Wednesday night. She was among 16 winners who received cash prizes totalling RM300,000. She won a cash prize of RM15,000 and return tickets from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong. "I am honoured and humbled to be selected as a winner amongst so many talented colleagues," said Lai, who won the award for her stories on unsustainable land clearing in Cameron Highlands entitled "They Are Killing Camerons". She hoped environmental issues will continue to be featured prominently in the media and concrete steps taken by the Government to address them. Earlier, event chairman Datuk Chamil Wariya said 264 media personnel representing 26 media organisations submitted 491 entries that were considered by a panel of judges of veteran journalists and academics. He said that MPI was contemplating adding two consolation prizes for each category contested, in addition to the RM15,000 prize money for for each category winner. "We also suggested a new category called Best Radio Journalism" he said, adding that this will be discussed with Petronas when the sponsorship contract ended in 2014. |
| PM Najib: Govt won't impose licensing for news portals Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:48 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will not impose licensing requirements for news portals, as implemented by neighbouring countries, said the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. "Instead, to maintain the country's harmony, the federal government will enforce laws already in place to ensure that action is taken against anyone who fans hatred and racial sentiments or belittles the monarchy, and those who try to subvert the parliamentary democracy," he added. Najib said this in his speech at the presentation ceremony of the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI)-Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2012 here Wednesday. He said the people must be mature and ensure social media was not misused. "We must create an environment where there are principles and values as well as responsibility towards anything published in social media," he said. He suggested a "positive control" to ensure that there was responsibility and that information published did not go against any laws. The Singapore government recently announced that online news portals that regularly reported on the city state would be required to procure a licence, effective June 1. |
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