The Edge suspension not a surprise: Johor DAP

JOHOR BARU: Johor DAP state policy director, Wong Shu Qi(Senai assemblyman) said the suspension of The Edge publication did not come as a surprise as UMNO government has a bad record in press freedom.
The Senai assemblyman said, “If the report made against Prime Minister Najib Razak by The Edge is not true, he should bring the publication to court to clear his name. Yet, both the PM and the authority chose a dubious method and an easy way out by flexing government's muscle to shut down the publication.”
She said in a statement, the reason for the suspension given by the Home Ministry is totally unacceptable and raised further questions. It is incumbent on the government to clarify which part of the news report was “prejudicial or likely to be prejudicial to public order, security or likely to alarm public opinion or is likely to be prejudicial to public and national interest"?

"High handed action will be seen as the gagging of press freedom, and a cover-up attempt on the part of the government in regards to the 1MDB scandal.Malaysia is now in a most deplorable state where democracy is almost suspended to protect wrongdoers," she said.