Online media barred from covering Umno assembly
By Adib Zalkapli (The Malaysian Insider)
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – The Umno headquarters has today barred six internet media organisations from covering the party's annual general assembly, said a party official.
The ban came a day after the Umno dominated government suspended the publication permits of two opposition newspapers Harakah and Suara Keadilan.
According to party official Hamid Sattar the decision not to issue press tags to members of the six agencies including The Malaysian Insider and Malaysiakini was made after a high level meeting.
"We decided not to issue press tags to the bloggers," said Hamid adding that the media organisations involved could still appeal against the decision.
