Hisham says would appeal court decision on news portal’s print permit
Ida Lim, The Malaysian Insider
The home minister today said he would “like to see” an appeal of the High Court’s decision allowing a news portal to seek a review of the ministry’s rejection of its newspaper permit application.
On Monday, the High Court here quashed the Home Ministry’s decision to reject a newspaper permit application by Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, the owner of news portal Malaysiakini.
“Definitely, KDN (Home Ministry) will engage with the Attorney-General and, on a personal basis of course, I would like to see the matter appealed,” said Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
“But, at the end of the day, it is not for me to decide, and if there is any info that the AG requires from KDN I believe that we are working quite closely…”
When asked about the basis for the Home Ministry’s denial of a print permit for the news portal company, he said: “I don’t know, I was not around at that time.”
