NEP benefits Umnoputras and cronies

KHAIRY Jamaluddin hit out at Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for saying that the New Economic Policy (NEP) was no longer needed. 

Without naming him, the Umno Youth deputy chief said there was a former deputy president who had said in an interview that the NEP was bad because only the cronies and the “Umnoputras” became rich from it. 

Source: The Star

Badawi advocates free and responsible media

“Differences of opinion should be viewed objectively and not necessarily be seen as being anti-government,” he said. 

The media, he noted, now had greater freedom to publish news highlighting the mistakes of the Government and its agencies. The Government, party and elected representatives, he said, were not immune to criticism. 

“But there are those in the Government and the party who are uncomfortable with this freedom. There are those who believe that the Prime Minister is not in control. 

“The truth is that I would rather see heated exchanges in the pages of the press than to see raging riots on the streets. 

“I want Malaysian society to accept the realities of the information technology age; it is an era which demands openness,” he said. 

Source: The Star