Foreign media have no right to interfere, says group
Foreign media or foreigners found spreading false information or conspiring to topple the government by creating unrest must be dealt with severely.
Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin president Ramesh Rao Krishnan said the foreign media and foreigners have no right to meddle with the administration of the country.
Ramesh said the people should not be fooled by unreliable information spread by these irresponsible people.
"We have been ruled by foreigners in the past. Do not let history repeat. We, the people of Malaysia must defend our sovereignty for political stability, unity and racial integration," he said when contacted.
He was asked about his decision to lodge a police report against the founder of whistleblower website Sarawak Report , Clare Rewcastle-Brown.
On July 15, he lodged a police report and also handed a video and an e-mail to the police to back the allegation against Brown after former Sarawak Tribune editor Lester Melanyi from Sarawak confessed that he had fabricated information about 1MDB while at the whistleblower site
'Aliens corrupting minds'
Following the report, Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan who is also BN strategic communications director, accused Sarawak Report of fabricating its damaging reports about 1MDB and the prime minister’s family.
"I lodged the police report to avoid 'aliens' from corrupting the minds of Malaysians and eroding their trust of the prime minister," he said.
Ramesh said he would also send a memorandum to the embassy of Switzerland soon urging the country and the Bruno Manser Foundation which is based in that country, to stop their association and funding Sarawak Report .
He said the portal was set up to report on environmental issues in the region and not meddle in the politics of Malaysia.
- Bernama
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