Makkal Osai' staff with the paper's general manager, S.M. Periasamy (third from right), celebrating after the Home Ministry renewed its publication permit yesterday. More...
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Apr 25, 2008
REASON TO CELEBRATE
Apr 24, 2008
Permit Makkal Osai diperbaharui
Permit penerbitannya telah diperbaharui dan akhbar berkenaan akan dikeluarkan seperti biasa mulai Sabtu ini.
Pada 16 April lalu, akhbar tersebut menerima surat dari Kementerian Dalam Negeri memaklumkan permit penerbitannya tidak diperbaharui. Tiada sebab dinyatakan.
Harian tersebut yang dikait rapat dengan bekas timbalan presiden MIC, Datuk S Subramaniam, kemudiannya membuat rayuan.
Sumber-sumber mendakwa tindakan itu diambil terhadap Makkal Osai kerana memberi liputan meluas terhadap berita-berita mengenai pembangkang dan Barisan Bertindak Hak Hindu (Hindraf).
Apr 22, 2008
Apr 20, 2008
PR can authorize Makkal Osai to print
harismibrahim - The activist who has been the chiefest proponent of a Pakatan Rakyat newspaper, Wong Chin Huat suggests rescuing Makkal Osai by having one of the PR State Governments grant it permission to print, and told me some efforts to this end are afoot.
He points out that Section 25 (1) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 says: “Nothing in this Act shall extend to the publication or making of any documents or periodical by or for the Federal or any State Government or any statutory body.
Meaning, a paper published by the state will not fall under the PPPA. Chin Huat urges, “We can see Makkal Osai tomorrow back on the news stand if any of the PR State Governments will issue an authorization letter today for the daily to publish for the state.”
He had discovered the exemption clause a while back (and it was made known to PAS, PKR and DAP) as well as alerted me when The People’s Parliament launched ‘Boycott the Newspapers!’
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Apr 19, 2008
Beri Peluang Kedua Kepada Makkal Osai, Kata MPI
Kerajaan hari ini digesa supaya memberi peluang kedua kepada akhbar berbahasa Tamil Makkal Osai dengan memperbaharui permit penerbitannya yang tidak dilanjutkan oleh Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) mulai Rabu lepas.
Pengerusi Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Institut Akhbar Malaysia (MPI) Datuk Azman Ujang, sewaktu membuat gesaan itu berkata pertimbangan sewajarnya patut diberikan kerana Makkal Osai sudahpun mengakui kesilapannya dan berjanji untuk mematuhi garisan panduan penerbitan selepas ini.
"Dalam keadaan itu, akhbar itu patut diberi peluang kedua, dengan mengambil kira ramai pekerja dan tanggungan mereka yang terjejas penghidupan mereka ekoran tindakan KDN itu," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.
Makkal Osai merupakan salah sebuah anggota MPI.
Semalam, Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar berkata kerajaan memutuskan untuk tidak memperbaharui permit penerbitan Makkal Osai selepas mendapati akhbar itu sudah beberapa kali melanggar garis panduan media yang ditetapkan.
"Kajian semula lanjutan permit mesti berlandaskan kepada sumbangan sesuatu akhbar untuk bersama membangun dan memajukan negara dan masyarakat, bagaimana maju ke depan serta menyuburkan perpaduan serta persefahaman yang baik di kalangan rakyat," kata Syed Hamid.
Azman berkata: "Sekiranya Makkal Osai telah melakukan sesuatu kesilapan, ia perlu diberi surat amaran dan peluang untuk tidak mengulangi perbuatan itu".
Beliau berpendapat banyak lagi undang-undang yang boleh digunakan jika media di negara ini tidak mengikuti peraturan yang ditetapkan tanpa perlu mengambil tindakan drastik tidak memperbaharui permit penerbitannya.
MPI dianggotai 35 pertubuhan media massa dan syarikat penerbitan di negara ini.
Apr 18, 2008
Pengharaman Makkal Osai: BN Tidak Belajar Dari Kekalahan
Kuala Lumpur, 17 April - Angkatan Muda Keadilan Malaysia (AMK) hari ini membantah keras tindakan bacul Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) yang bertindak mengharamkan penerbitan akhbar Makkal Osai atas sebab-sebab yang tidak diperincikan.
Dalam sebuah kenyataan media, ketuanya Shamsul Iskandar mengatakan bahawa pengharaman ini dipercayai disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor termasuklah laporan khas mengenai Perhimpunan Hindraf 25 November lepas, dan yang terbaru adalah laporan khusus muka depan mengenai acara Black 14 yang bertujuan meraikan pengakhiran sekatan berpolitik ke atas Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“AMK menyelar tindakan KDN yang kelihatan bersikap jumud dan menghalang rakyat untuk mendapatkan input-input yang berasaskan kepada fakta sebenar yang tidak mungkin diperoleh di dalam mana-mana media arus perdana.
“Ini membuktikan betapa kerajaan sekarang betul-betul terdesak di sebalik kemelut kepimpinan Barisan Nasional (BN) yang bertelagah hanya kerana mereka dinafikan majoriti dua pertiga di dalam Pilihanraya Umum Ke-12 (PRU-12) 8 Mac lepas” kata beliau.
Menuruth Shamsul, BN tidak belajar daripada keputusan PRU-12 bahawa maklumat alternatif daripada internet lebih dipercayai daripada media arus perdana disebabkan laporan berat sebelah yang sentiasa dihidangkan kepada rakyat. Sekiranya tindakan kerajaan bersifat menghukum dan zalim seperti ini terus dilaksanakan, beliau berkata, ini akan mempercepatkan lagi proses peralihan kuasa kepada Pakatan Rakyat. more...
Berita berkaitan: Makkal Osai minta penjelasan keputusan kerajaan tidak sambung permit penerbitanApr 17, 2008
Sebab permit tidak disambung
Malaysiakini - Beliau berkata, kementerian juga menerima pelbagai aduan berhubung akhbar tersebut dan berdasarkan penilaian, kementerian mengambil keputusan untuk tidak
menyambung permitnya.
"Kita ada garis panduan media, kita tidak sewenang-wenangnya untuk membatalkan. Kita tidak membatalkan Makkal Osai, cuma kita tidak sambung permit," katanya kepada pemberita di Kuala Lumpur hari ini.
Antaranya, kata beliau, ialah tidak membangkitkan isu-isu sensitif yang boleh menjejaskan keharmonian negara, isu-isu yang boleh membangkitkan salah faham antara kaum yang boleh mengganggu-gugat kestabilan negara.
Bagaimanapun, kata beliau, akhbar tersebut boleh membuat rayuan bagi membolehkan kementerian membuat penilaian.
Kementerian Dalam Negeri semalam mengharamkan Makkal Osai selepas memberikan liputan muka depan perhimpunan besar penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada Isnin. more...
Apr 16, 2008
KDN tutup akhbar Makkal Osai !!!
Hari ini, akhbar berbahasa Tamil membuat liputan siasatan polis terhadap presiden PKR Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Akhbar harian berpengaruh itu menghadapi masalah memperbaharui permit sejak Julai tahun lepas.
Sementara itu sebuah lagi harian Oriental Daily masih tidak diperbaharui permit sejak Disember lalu.
Mar 7, 2008
Makkal Osai burnt
malaysiakini.com
RK Anand | Mar 7, 08 3:53pm
Hundreds of copies of Makkal Osai newspapers in Sungai Siput were snapped up by members of the MIC brigade this morning, according to the daily’s general manager S Periasamy. The daily had front-paged an interview published by Malaysiakini with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, in which the latter made scathing criticisms against MIC president S Samy Vellu.
Samy Vellu, 71, will be defending the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat in Perak for the ninth term.
“They bought the newspapers en bloc and the copies were burnt at another location,” claimed Periasamy.
According to him, the daily had sent extra copies numbering around 400 to the area today. “We are now sending copies from other towns such as Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar and Taiping to Sungai Siput,” he said, adding that the daily’s office in Kuala Lumpur has been flooded with phone calls from readers asking about the interview and the shortage of copies in Sungai Siput.
Makkal Osai is linked to Samy Vellu’s political nemesis and former deputy S Subramaniam.
In the interview, Mahathir had accused the MIC president - his one time close aide - of stifling Indian voices. Among others, the former premier also said the community’s “main grouse is with Samy Vellu” who has helmed MIC for 28 years.
VCDs circulated by ex-MIC man
Meanwhile, a former MIC leader in Sungai Siput said he has been circulating thousands of copies of the Malay version of the Malaysiakini interview. M Loganathan - who was once a staunch ally of Samy Vellu but grew apart in recent years - said copies of the article were circulated in Chinese and Indian areas.
“Samy Vellu will definitely lose in the elections. Not only the Indians, but other races are also unhappy with him. But they may use other means to win,” claimed the 50-year-old businessman.
Loganathan, who was expelled from MIC, also said he has been distributing thousands of video compact discs (VCDs) detailing how the party president had allegedly shortchanged his constituents, namely on land issues. “I produced about 8,000 copies with my own money and have nearly distributed all of them to the people here,” he added.
Samy Vellu could not be reached for comment.
Expected to win
Despite Loganathan’s confidence that Samy Vellu would be defeated in his traditional stronghold, ground reports indicated otherwise.�The MIC president is expected to retain his seat with a comfortable margin in the three-cornered fight involving Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s (PSM) Dr D Jeyakumar and independent Nor Rizan Oon.
In the 2004 polls, Samy Vellu retained the seat with a 10,235 vote majority. Of the 47,424 voters, 36.3 percent are Malays, Chinese: 40.2 percent, Indians: 22.6 percent and others: 0.8 percent.
Samy Vellu and MIC have also come under intense pressure since the Nov 25 rally organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) which drew some 30,000 disgruntled Indians to the streets.
Since then, the MIC president, while acknowledging that there are shortcomings, has repeatedly pledged to work harder. He also denied criticisms that the party has failed to effectively represent the Indian community.
Observers consider this elections as an acid test for both the veteran politician and his party which is contesting in 19 state seats and nine parliamentary seats.
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