Wednesday, June 24, 2009

MACC oh MACC

I was not in the office when MACC officers came by to have a 'chit chat' with my editor Yushaimi Yahya and my colleague Nevash Nair.
Not in the office when he(Nevash) spent hours at Selangor MACC being questioned by the officers over his article published in Malay Mail on Monday.
But when I got to know what happened to him that night and the questions posed to him during the interrogation, I got confused. Riled up too. He is just merely doing his duty as a journalist.
He quoted the people who gave him the information not based on his judgement. He gave full cooperation. Told them, their senior officer who he had contacted and the reply given to him.
All mentioned here in an article by another young Malay Mail journalist- kapar-landgrab-macc-reacts-saga
I was told that MACC has lodged a police report on this BUT If they have lodge a report with police over the issue, why do they have to confiscate Nevash's laptop and cell phone?
Being a crime journalist for many years, I might have missed something. But correct me if i'm wrong.
If its to help investigation into slander/defamation case is it not police who should do the investigation? Is it not police who would do the confiscation? Saya peninglah!
How ah?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

the beginning

testing testing...there is always first for everything. I'm nervousss. Yeap I really do.