Suspend The Star for a year for distasteful front page, Perkasa asks Home Ministry


Muzliza Mustafa

Perkasa women’s wing chief Foziah Nawawi (centre) and other members at the Home Ministry in Putrajaya after lodging a complaint against The Star newspaper. – The Malaysian Insight pic, May 29, 2017.

MALAY rights group Perkasa wants The Star, an English national daily, to be suspended for its “distasteful” front page, which touched on Muslim sensitivities in the country.

Perkasa women’s wing chief Foziah Nawawi said the Home Ministry should suspend the English daily for a year for being insensitive towards Muslims.


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  • more sandiwara. what are the chances this was all planned beforehand by bn-umno, bn-mca, the star, perkasa and various 'silat groups' behind closed doors?

    Posted 6 years ago by Anak Kampung

  • furthermore: putrajaya has admitted to funding perkasa, and sarawak report has just reported payments from 1mdb/the pm to a leading perkasa figure. http://www.sarawakreport.org/2017/05/questions-for-nazir-razak-re-1mdb-payments-new-evidence/ (see end of article.) connivance militancy at its best...'elections epecial edition'?

    Posted 6 years ago by Anak Kampung