Penang Watch

The PR governments' decision to boycott Utusan Melayu for harping on racism issues should be aplauded -afterall an offender of racism will not stop unless it `get the message' from the people/consumers. When nobody want to buy the paper the paper will either change /improve or die a natural death! 

Newspaper boycott
The Perak Government decided to boycott Utusan Malaysia because the newspaper persistently raised communal issues, according to Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.

It was reported that the campaign to boycott the newspaper was launched by the five Pakatan Rakyat-led states last week, which began with state agencies stopping their purchase of the newspaper.

Mohammad Nizar was asked if the decision was a form of discrimination as the new state government had pledged to stop such practices.

The newspaper quoted him as saying that the state government was responsible for preventing people being influenced by such sentiments and it would boycott any print or Internet-based media that took a racially-based approach in its reporting.