Utusan hits back at Guan Eng

Utusan Malaysia, the newspaper owned by Umno has defended itself over claims by Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang that it was racist and had published false reports, calling him an ‘anti-Malay’. Guan Eng also claimed that Utusan had accused the DAP of being a tool for a foreign country and had called for DAP to be banned. Guan Eng then said that he will be suing the newspaper for defamation who had published a ‘clarification’ report that said “We admit that especially after the 2008 general election, Utusan has become more vocal with regards to Malay rights and Islamic issues.

However our readers, especially non-Malay readers, have to understand that after the last general election, there have been too many attacks against the Malays as well as Islam. This includes issues on quotas, language, equity, the position of the King and also the sanctity of the word ‘Allah’. Although all these have been guaranteed under the Federal Constitution as Malay rights, but what’s obvious is that these issues are still being challenged today,”

Hitting out at Guan Eng, it said “Look at how the DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng accuses the readers and fans of Utusan as un-Malaysian for supposedly being extremist. This is the kind of unacceptable attitude of some politicians who attack us just because we report on the mismanagement of the state government as well as the crisis in opposition parties. Guan Eng should not expect the media to praise him especially since the Malays in Penang have been deprived of their rights. Time should not be wasted on him, but readers out there need to be more realistic in judging this paper and not get carried way by politicians fanning racial sentiments,”



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LGE,just bring them to court. No point to waste time with this type of people. Skung will always be skung. Let the rule of law do the talking.