The Edge should know which articles are wrong, says Zahid

Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says The Edge should know for themselves which of their articles on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) have been deemed wrong. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, July 2, 2015.

The Edge should know for themselves which of their articles have been deemed wrong by the Home Ministry, leading to the issuance of a show-cause letter against the publication, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.

The Star Online quoted Zahid as saying this after The Edge requested that the ministry specify which articles about 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) affairs had been deemed wrong.

"Whoever eats chillies will feel the heat, there is no need for them to ask us which articles involved matters which are not true," he reportedly said.

"They should know."

The Edge yesterday confirmed receiving a show-cause letter in which the ministry had given them seven days to explain why action should not be taken under the Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984.

The show-cause letter was issued just over a week after Zahid made a statement singling out and warning The Edge for "false reporting" on the 1MDB issue.

Zahid's warning came shortly after a former PetroSaudi executive, Xavier Andre Justo, was arrested in Thailand for allegedly blackmailing the company and tampering with emails.

Zahid said that the tampered emails formed the basis of Sarawak Report's 1MDB exposes, which in turn were published by The Edge.

- TMI