YOURSAY | ‘They will not or cannot even deny it. This is classic stone-walling.’

WSJ should submit candidates for GE14, minister opens fire

Victor Johan: Let's all be clear that Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak in his 'broadside launch' against The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), is not a representative of the people and the voters of Malaysia.

He is only making such remarks on his blog in his attempt to hoodwink and create doubts among the Malaysian public.

Malaccan: WSJ is a global journalistic icon and won't engage in the Malaysian political arena; especially as it is, where rampant and unashamed misuse and abuse of state institutions and assets, including 'donations' and involuntary public 'contributions', can be used to hide the truth and make empty personal attacks.

This tactic is now synonymous with Umno and its vassal parties within BN. The invitation to duel in elections is standard fare for BN politicians and functionaries as they cannot trump reputable and honourable critics and opponents any other way.

They cannot respond with truth and facts. Salleh does not fool anyone and he laughs alone. But he still owes us answers.

Hmmmmmmmm: The WSJ report is about our beloved PM's wife. Why does Salleh need to say anything in her defence?

Is he in a position to know whether the report is correct? Does the PM's wife actually share with him her shopping details?

Rupert16: If what WSJ reported is not credible and/or unproven, the onus is on PM Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, to take legal actions against WSJ.

Asking WSJ to field candidates for GE 14 is just plain bullocks.

Anonymous 2362021442199789: MO1's (Malaysian Official 1’s) storm troopers will keep attacking the messenger (WSJ) and conveniently ignore the message (FLOM's obscene shopping list).

They will not or cannot even deny it. This is classic stone-walling. The hope is that Malaysians and the rest of the world have very short attention span and will soon be diverted to some other more pressing issues.

If they could, they would have sued the WSJ for slander and defamation ages ago but conveniently came up with various reasons why they did not.

Hence the WSJ will keep humiliating us and label us as world's No 1 kleptocracy and drive away well-informed foreign investors.

MO1's guard dogs can keep barking away until we all drop over the precipice and descend into a failed state situation as the rest of the world marches on.

Clever Voter: Obviously this minister needs to be reminded that the role of the media is much more than just mouthpiece for the rotten government or a propagandist.

Media reporting should ideally be fair and objective. The case of excessive spending by the high-profile wife of a PM attract attention.

Indeed, without the media will government behave responsibly? Quite unlikely.

Blogsmith: Yes, the media is the fourth estate, apart from the parliament, executive and judiciary.

The role of journalists is to uncover misdeeds wherever they happened. They have to protect their backside as they have to check the facts before publishing, otherwise they get sued for defamation.

Ib: Unless you stop hiding the auditor-general's report on 1MDB, you have no moral standing to say anything about evidence not being available.

Malaysians are not stupid. We want those that have betrayed the rakyat, especially MO1, to be brought to justice

Anonymous 1890491455255851: How about you guys coming out with the truth and backing it up, instead of manipulating the whole system to keep it away from the people?

And please do not continue to insult our intelligence by sticking to that nonsensical 'Arab donor' story. No one in their right mind believes it.

And to date, WSJ has not been wrong. So their sources are obviously really strong.

What The Hack: WSJ commented on a massive fraud committed by MO1. There is nothing political about it, hence don't confuse yourself and confuse the public as well.

If MO1 feels that his reputation has been tarnished, he should not hesitate to sue them. If MO1 has done nothing wrong, he should immediately commence legal proceedings to clear his name and at the same time instruct the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) and PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) to conduct thorough investigations into the massive fraud in 1MDB and to arrest the culprits and their ring leader.

Tony Soprano: Going by Salleh’s logic, decades of mainstream Malaysian media excoriation of the US, its leaders and people must be responsible for the spectacle of Donald Trump running for president.

Vijay47: Be careful what you wish for, Salleh. WSJ may indeed put up a few candidates who may win hands down. And one of their candidates might even be in Sabah.

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