Friday February 10, 2006
Indefinite suspension for 61-year-old Sarawak Tribune
KUCHING: The 61-year-old Sarawak Tribune may not hit the streets anymore even after the suspension order has been rescinded, said the newspaper’s editorial advisor Senator Datuk Idris Buang.
He said the daily’s board of directors had decided to self-impose an indefinite suspension on publication at their meeting in Sibu yesterday morning, before the Government issued the suspension order.
“There may not be a Sarawak Tribune anymore,” he told a press conference at the newspaper’s office in Jalan Abell last night.
Idris said the board fully supported the Federal Government’s stand to suspend
the licence of the Sarawak Tribune.
“We fully uphold the views and sentiments expressed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,” he said.
“We are extremely ashamed of the damage and hurt caused to all Malaysians and the country due to the gross insensitivity and lack of responsibility on the part of whosoever involved among the staff in question, particularly the editor-on-duty.
“We join all Malaysians in condemning this act (reproduction of the caricatures of Prophet Muhammad),” he added.
Asked about the position of group editor Toman Mamora, Idris replied: “We cannot reveal anything at the moment.”
He said Sarawak Tribune’s sister daily Utusan Sarawak would continue to be published as it came under a different set-up.
Sarawak Tribune executive director Polit Hamzah said the company had a valid licence for Sunday Tribune, adding that its commercial printing division would continue to operate as usual.
Based on Audit Bureau Circulation figures, he said, the Sarawak Tribune had a daily circulation of 48,000 copies in Sarawak and Labuan.
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