Government-issued anti-Bersih leaflets
are among those believed to be currently circulating in taxis in the Klang
Valley.
According to one passenger, Adrian Anthony, the leaflet was among many others by the Information Department distributed in a taxi he hailed this morning.
“There was a specially made casing with the TR1MA logo, which had all the leaflets,” he said, referring to the Teksi Rakyat 1Malaysia programme recently launched by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
Contacted today, Adrian said the casing was at the back of
the front passenger seat and that the taxi he was in had a TR1MA sticker on its
window.
“(The sticker) had Najib’s face on the it,” said Adrian, who said that he had hailed the taxi at Damansara Utama at about 10.30am today.
The leaflets, photographs of which are now circulating through social media, had used photographs from the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28 with the caption “Hidup biar beradab, bukan biadap!” (Live courteously, not rudely!).
The photographs used were that of the tail end of the rally, where pockets of protesters allegedly attacked a police patrol vehicle.
There is also a photograph which depicted tens of thousands of people in yellow at the corner of Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Tun Perak.
It states that it was published by the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry, and had the ministry’s and Information Department’s logos.
Calling the rally “Bersih 3.0 yang kotor” (the
dirty Bersih 3.0), the leaflet accuses protesters of acting as “thugs who deny
the rights of others”.
It also urged readers not to “pawn away harmony”, and noted that those with good intentions should adhere to the law.
As a parting note, it stated: “Think about it. Don’t support these stubborn troublemakers and don’t be used by them.”
Other material distributed in the taxi which Adrian had hailed included a leaflet on the Felda Global Ventures Holdings listing and the Lynas rare earth plant in Gebeng.
Spad in the dark
When contacted, those manning the TR1MA hotline at the Land Transport Commission (Spad) said there is no requirement for TR1MA recipients to distribute government propaganda.
Spad communications officer Badri Ibrahim also confirmed
that he knows of no such requirement.
Checks with other taxi drivers who had received the TR1MA voucher also found that there was no request or requirement to distribute anything.
Malaysiakini has attempted to contact the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry and is awaiting a reply.
Checks with the ministry's website found a similar e-leaflet aimed at the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 7.
According to one passenger, Adrian Anthony, the leaflet was among many others by the Information Department distributed in a taxi he hailed this morning.
“There was a specially made casing with the TR1MA logo, which had all the leaflets,” he said, referring to the Teksi Rakyat 1Malaysia programme recently launched by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
Contacted today, Adrian said the casing was at the back of
the front passenger seat and that the taxi he was in had a TR1MA sticker on its
window. “(The sticker) had Najib’s face on the it,” said Adrian, who said that he had hailed the taxi at Damansara Utama at about 10.30am today.
The leaflets, photographs of which are now circulating through social media, had used photographs from the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28 with the caption “Hidup biar beradab, bukan biadap!” (Live courteously, not rudely!).
The photographs used were that of the tail end of the rally, where pockets of protesters allegedly attacked a police patrol vehicle.
There is also a photograph which depicted tens of thousands of people in yellow at the corner of Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Tun Perak.
It states that it was published by the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry, and had the ministry’s and Information Department’s logos.
Calling the rally “Bersih 3.0 yang kotor” (the
dirty Bersih 3.0), the leaflet accuses protesters of acting as “thugs who deny
the rights of others”. It also urged readers not to “pawn away harmony”, and noted that those with good intentions should adhere to the law.
As a parting note, it stated: “Think about it. Don’t support these stubborn troublemakers and don’t be used by them.”
Other material distributed in the taxi which Adrian had hailed included a leaflet on the Felda Global Ventures Holdings listing and the Lynas rare earth plant in Gebeng.
Spad in the dark
When contacted, those manning the TR1MA hotline at the Land Transport Commission (Spad) said there is no requirement for TR1MA recipients to distribute government propaganda.
Spad communications officer Badri Ibrahim also confirmed
that he knows of no such requirement. Checks with other taxi drivers who had received the TR1MA voucher also found that there was no request or requirement to distribute anything.
Malaysiakini has attempted to contact the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry and is awaiting a reply.
Checks with the ministry's website found a similar e-leaflet aimed at the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 7.
Source : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/203236
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