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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Bersih's Ambiga turns up at BN event


For the first time today, Bersih co-chairperson S Ambiga attended a function organised by the ruling BN coalition BN, with MCA Cherasparliamentary candidate Teoh Chee Hooi.

azlanSpeaking to a 50-strong crowd at the Cheras MCA service centre this afternoon, Ambiga stressed on the eight demands of Bersih during her entire speech, and also criticised MCA-controlled English dailyThe Star.

She said that The Star has been playing up on political violence on its front page and that this was equivalent to creating fear among the citizens.

"It shouldn't do that. The press has to be more responsible... The Star can change its policy from now and do the right thing," she said in response to a question from the audience.

Last Saturday, The Starpublished a report titled ‘Surge in political violence', in which instances of political violence that took place between the BN and Pakatan parties were also compiled.

Pointing out that the press does have a great influence, Ambiga urged The Star and the other mainstream media to stand with the people and report the truth during the election.

NONE"To be fair, it is not the reporters' problem. I think they do stand up. If 20 of you say, ‘Sorry, we are not going to allow our reports to be abused in this way,' then may be something will change."

She also called on the National Union of Journalists to stand up and defend the interests of journalists.

"We must draw the line when there is a misrepresentation. We must draw the line when the report turns out to be a lie."

Ambiga also said that she had stopped buying The Star for a long time, except for the weekends, "as I couldn't get The Malay Mailthen", to which the crowd broke out in laughter.

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