*Creaks* The door opens and lo and behold, who does she see?
Two officials with two documents in their hands asking for the person-in-charge.
Now is that the opening gambit of a novel I am writing? Nope. It is a fictionalized account from my fertile imagination of what might have happened this afternoon at the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya.
Malaysiakini reports HERE that DAP's The Rocket was not spared by the Home Ministry in the ongoing crackdown on party organs of opposition parties. Two Home Ministry officials visited the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya this afternoon and handed two show-cause letters to Rocket's Chinese-language editor, one for the English edition and the other for the Chinese edition asking the party organ to explain within seven days why it continues publishing the two versions although their publication permits have expired. If the explanation is rejected by the powerful ministry, The Rocket could face suspension.
According to Malaysiakini, the permit for the English version of the DAP mouthpiece expired last month, whereas the licences for the Malay- and Chinese-language editions respectively expired in September and November last year. The fate for the Rocket's Malay edition is hanging in the air.
As we all know, two other opposition party organs have run into trouble - PKR's Suara Keadilan was suspended last week while PAS' Harakah is being issued two show-cause letters.
Also, PKR Supreme Council Member, Badrul Hisham Shaharin , who is also known as cikgu Bard,was detained at the Seremban Police headquarters last week.
Obviously, the bells are tolling and the muzzling has begun. Proponents of democracy believe that archaic methods of tight control which will not work in a borderless world. Such overtures are sending a different message to the populace and what are the deeper implications with regards to reporting? We can wonder and wonder and may never know the answers because once again, the sword of Damocles is hanging over our heads.
For whom are the bells tolling and what might happen next?
Anonymous The Empire is after the Rocket. It demands its organs and issued the show cock decree.
The Rocket like PKR and the Moon are likely to force the Empire's claws to strip 'em itself. They won't do auto fulat as dictated to.
This is the visible sign of the clear failure and fall of the evil empire.
The bells ring, the kompangs beat. the crescendo is likely to intensify and become audible far and wide across the local galaxy.
~wits0~