By G Vinod
KUALA LUMPUR: The Gerakan Anti-Samy Vellu (GAS) movement has urged the Home Ministry to freeze Tamil Nesan's publishing permit. GAS coordinator KP Samy said action must be taken against the daily, owned by MIC president S
Samy Vellu's family, over a Sunday article which attacked journalists.
He said the daily's chief editor A Veerasamy, who uses the pen name Tamil Mani, had labelled all journalists as frauds with no honour in his column.
“I was shocked that he even called for journalists to be skinned alive. This is a threat against journalists,” he told a press conference here.
KP Samy said GAS had sent a letter to the Home Ministry's office this morning regarding the matter.
The sacked MIC leader criticised the newspaper for degrading the Tamil language and not adhering to journalistic ethics.
“We all know Tamil Nesan belongs to Samy Vellu and his son Vel Paari. Samy Vellu has been going around claiming to be the protector of Tamil in this country. Is this how he protects the language, by allowing his chief editor to write such articles?” he asked.
“Both of them (Samy Vellu and Vel Paari) should do the right thing and sack Tamil Mani for his foul writing,” he said, adding that it was not the first time.
“It has been happening for six months. I am sure Samy Vellu and his son are aware of it,” he said.
KP Samy said if the ministry did not act within the next three days, GAS would submit a memorandum.
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