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Unhappy with what a journalist writes, just pay someone to beat up the journalist — Rocky Bru

By Rocky Bru Journalist Haresh Deol has said the police’s investigation into his assault is still not over as another suspect remains at large. -...

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GE17: The constituencies and challengers

By: Datuk Teddy Chin HERE is my constituency-by-constituency analysis of the Sabah election. There were 25 Nomination Centers, one for each of the Parliamentary constituency. I will go by the MP seats starting from the North in Kudat. Some have 2 State seats under them, some 3, some even 4. Due to space constraint, I can’t mention all the candidates as there are nearly 600 of them. P stands for Parliament while N stands for State seats. Here goes: P.167 Kudat - N.01 Banggi This is a 12-cornered fight, rather large for an island which in the past was the stronghold of the Tun Mustapha family. The incumbent is Datuk Mohammad Mohamarin of GRS. He won the seat on a Warisan ticket in...

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Unhappy with what a journalist writes, just pay someone to beat up the journalist — Rocky Bru

By Rocky Bru Journalist Haresh Deol has said the police’s investigation into his assault is still not over as another suspect remains at large. - Scoop file pic The RM2,000 fine imposed on a man who assaulted journalist Haresh Deol sends a chilling message: in Malaysia, violence against journalists can be cheap, consequence-light, and dangerously normalised ON November 25 last year, journalist Haresh Deol was beaten up in broad daylight by three individuals. The incident sent a chill down our spine. When people start physically attacking journalists to silence them, something is rotten in our democracy. Even Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim condemned the attack on Haresh. The police made one swift arrest — which was commendable — but a senior...

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