{"id":2490,"date":"2010-08-31T11:51:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T03:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nurulizzah.com\/site\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2021-02-05T23:14:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:14:35","slug":"now-nurul-izzah-wants-to-start-a-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nurulizzah.com\/site\/now-nurul-izzah-wants-to-start-a-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Nurul Izzah wants to start a newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

FreeMalaysiaToday By Teoh El Sen<\/p>\n

MON, 30 AUG 2010 21:29<\/p>\n

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PUTRAJAYA: Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar is planning to start her very own newspaper, which would be a Malay daily called “Utusan Rakyat”.<\/p>\n

The PKR leader earlier today submitted a letter of intent to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein at the latter’s office to assist in speeding up her application for a publication permit.<\/p>\n

Nurul Izzah’s application comes in the wake of the Home Ministry’s recent decision not to renew the permit of Suara Keadilan, a PKR news organ, after the permit expired on June 30.<\/p>\n

The ministry had sent a show-cause letter seeking explanation over several articles, including the one entitled “Felda Bangkrap”(Felda bankrupt). Felda has since filed a suit against the paper over the “bankruptcy” allegation.<\/p>\n

Asked if “Utusan Rakyat” was a revival or a spin-off from Suara Keadilan, Nurul Izzah said: “This is going to be different, it is not a party organ. We are going to be non-partisan. We will be free and independent.”<\/p>\n

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She said the paper would focus on national issues alongside with another PKR-linked Malay weekly “Mingguan Era”, which focuses on local issues in the Klang Valley. She also welcomed funds or contributions from writers.<\/p>\n

Nurul Izzah, who will act as the editor-in-chief, said she was applying for a permit in her personal capacity as a citizen of Malaysia and not as an MP or politician.<\/p>\n

She said the paper would be funded by several business individuals and activists.<\/p>\n

Constructive engagement<\/strong>
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\nNurul Izzah said that her application form, which requires a mock-up of the first issue for the ministry, will be sent in by Sept 16.<\/p>\n

“I hope the minister would grant us the licence,” she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Umno leaders had alleged that I am a traitor and that I had jeopardised national security, I realised that we needed to have constructive engagement on policy issues,\u201d Nurul said, adding that the submarine issue was based on official information in Parliament.<\/p>\n

Hishammuddin had said Nurul Izzah had bad-mouthed the country abroad when commenting on an interview she gave to an Indonesian newspaper recently.<\/p>\n

In the interview, she was alleged to have belittled the capabilityof the country’s submarines.<\/p>\n

Nurul Izzah said the aim of starting the newspaper was to create a platform for constructive engagement of all parties to better develop the country.<\/p>\n

“Also, our prime minister recently said that we now have better media freedom today, and I would like to challenge and put his statement to the test,” she said.<\/p>\n

She added that she would like to prove that freedom of speech really exists after 53 years of independence.<\/p>\n

“The paper aims to raise the country’s image by proving that Malaysia is truly democratic and also to increase the confidence of Malaysians as well as foreign investors,” she said.<\/p>\n

“This is also to fulfil my wish to not only speak out on foreign soil but also in our beloved Malaysia,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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