Is Chinese daily Guangming next?
Yong Kai PingPublished: Feb 10, 2006 12:39 PM | Updated: Jan 29, 2008 10:21 AM
Another newspaper, Guangming Daily , has landed itself in the same hot soup as the banned Sarawak Tribune after it was found to have also published a photo which depicted one of the controversial caricatures of Prophet Mohammed.
Another newspaper, Guangming Daily, has landed itself in the same hot soup as the banned Sarawak Tribune after it was found to have also published a photo which depicted one of the controversial caricatures of Prophet Mohammed.
It is believed that the Internal Security Ministry had informed Guangming verbally that it planned to take action against the Chinese-language daily. The ministry's show-cause letter is expected to be sent to the newspaper in the coming days.
Malaysiakini learned that Guangming's Feb 3 evening edition for the northern region had published a photograph showing a reader reading a newspaper carrying one of the caricatures considered blasphemous by Muslims worldwide.
However, Guangming, on realising the mistake, managed to retrieve most of its newspapers soon after it hit the streets. It is believed that only a small number of newspaper - around a few hundreds copies - had been sold to the public.
Sarawak Tribune, Sarawak's oldest newspaper, had been slapped with an indefinite suspension for reproducing the controversial caricatures to illustrate a news reports on the violent demonstrations in the Muslim world.
The demonstrations were sparked by a Danish newspaper, which published 12 offensive caricatures of the Prophet last September.
Guangming has two editions - a northern and central edition. The northern edition, which focuses on news in northern Perak, Penang, Kedah and Perlis, is managed by an editorial team based in Penang.
The central edition, which is distributed to readers in the Klang valley and the southern region, is produced by another editorial team based in Kuala Lumpur.
Owned by timber tycoon
According to the Audited Bureau of Circulations, Guangming's evening edition has a circulation of around 29,000 copies. It is the second-most popular evening newspaper after China Press, which sold 89,000 copies per day.
Guangming is part of the Sinchew Media Corporation, which owned popular Chinese daily Sin Chew Daily. The group is controlled by Sarawak timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King.
Sin Chew is the top-selling Chinese-language newspaper with a commanding 40 percent market share while Guangming is ranked number three with 14 percent.
China Press, which had to terminated two top editors last month after an erroneous report on the Squatgate scandal - and was almost slapped with a suspension by the Internal Security Ministry - has the second highest circulation.
It is believed that the Internal Security Ministry had informed Guangming verbally that it planned to take action against the Chinese-language daily. The ministry's show-cause letter is expected to be sent to the newspaper in the coming days.
Malaysiakini learned that Guangming's Feb 3 evening edition for the northern region had published a photograph showing a reader reading a newspaper carrying one of the caricatures considered blasphemous by Muslims worldwide.
However, Guangming, on realising the mistake, managed to retrieve most of its newspapers soon after it hit the streets. It is believed that only a small number of newspaper - around a few hundreds copies - had been sold to the public. Sarawak Tribune, Sarawak's oldest newspaper, had been slapped with an indefinite suspension for reproducing the controversial caricatures to illustrate a news reports on the violent demonstrations in the Muslim world.
The demonstrations were sparked by a Danish newspaper, which published 12 offensive caricatures of the Prophet last September.
Guangming has two editions - a northern and central edition. The northern edition, which focuses on news in northern Perak, Penang, Kedah and Perlis, is managed by an editorial team based in Penang.
The central edition, which is distributed to readers in the Klang valley and the southern region, is produced by another editorial team based in Kuala Lumpur.
Owned by timber tycoon
According to the Audited Bureau of Circulations, Guangming's evening edition has a circulation of around 29,000 copies. It is the second-most popular evening newspaper after China Press, which sold 89,000 copies per day.
Guangming is part of the Sinchew Media Corporation, which owned popular Chinese daily Sin Chew Daily. The group is controlled by Sarawak timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King.
Sin Chew is the top-selling Chinese-language newspaper with a commanding 40 percent market share while Guangming is ranked number three with 14 percent.
China Press, which had to terminated two top editors last month after an erroneous report on the Squatgate scandal - and was almost slapped with a suspension by the Internal Security Ministry - has the second highest circulation.
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