Guan Eng may bar NST from covering his functions
Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said he would consider barring New Straits Times (NST) from covering his press conferences or functions in response to articles in the newspaper which he alleged were slanderous and false.
He said he was willing to accept criticisms but not statements with elements of slander and certain agenda intended to disparage him and the state government.
"In the last election they also wrote very bad about us, we also took it. "With or without NST we survive all the time. We urged the people of Penang, if they want to read the truth about Penang don't buy NST," he told reporters after visiting the Relau Community Park today.
"The Penang government will not bow to NST but only heed the people," Lim said.
"NST must adapt themselves to the new situation. They cannot force the state government to follow what they say, not like before," he added.
Lim made these remarks when asked to comment on an article in the NST yesterday entitled "What your beef, Guan Eng?" which criticised his preferential treatment to the media.
The article was apparently a follow-up to another piece a week earlier entitled "Guan Eng trait that's difficult to swallow" on the same issue - Agencies.
He said he was willing to accept criticisms but not statements with elements of slander and certain agenda intended to disparage him and the state government.
"In the last election they also wrote very bad about us, we also took it. "With or without NST we survive all the time. We urged the people of Penang, if they want to read the truth about Penang don't buy NST," he told reporters after visiting the Relau Community Park today.
"The Penang government will not bow to NST but only heed the people," Lim said.
"NST must adapt themselves to the new situation. They cannot force the state government to follow what they say, not like before," he added.
Lim made these remarks when asked to comment on an article in the NST yesterday entitled "What your beef, Guan Eng?" which criticised his preferential treatment to the media.
The article was apparently a follow-up to another piece a week earlier entitled "Guan Eng trait that's difficult to swallow" on the same issue - Agencies.
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