Benar, laporan ini agak ketinggalan waktu, namun dalam suasana Abang Mat dituduh pro komunis, maka isu ini kembali releven.
Mengikut laporan Malaysiakini pada 10 Januari 2005, KDN telah meluluskan untuk penerbitan suara rasmi Parti Kominis Malaya bernama "People's Daily".
Mengikut Wikipedia:
The People's Daily (Chinese: 人民日报; pinyin: Rénmín Rìbào) is a daily newspaper in the People's Republic of China. The paper is an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), published worldwide with a circulation of 3 to 4 million. TERJEMAHAN: People's Daily adalah akhbar harian di China. Akhbar ini adalah suara rasmi Parti Komunis China
Malaysiakini melaporkan akhbar harian ini akan diterbit dan dicetak di Malaysia tetapi mengikut piawaian yang telah ditentukan.(Sila lihat dibawah)
Yang hairannya, Malaysiakini telah memohon permit untuk akhbar cetak semenjak 2002 tapi tidak diluluskan.
Manakala, Parti Komunis China pula diberikan permit oleh Kementrian Dalam Negeri untuk menerbitkan suara rasmi mereka di Malaysia.
Bukankah ini juga satu penghinaan kepada bekas2 tentera kita yang telah terkorban menentang penentangan Parti Komunis Malaya satu masa dahulu? Bukankah Parti Komunis Malaya bernaung di bawah Parti Komunis China di mana segala kelengkapan mereka datang dari Parti Komunis China?
Tulang Besi berasa cukup konfuse sekarang ni. Apa hal kita serang Mat Sabu yang mempertahankan Mat Indera (mat jugak) pada waktu yg sama kita izin akhbar parti komunis diedar di Malaysia?
Tidakkah tindakan seperti ini juga seperti meludah di atas pusara mereka2 yang terkorban dalam peristiwa Bukit Kepong juga?
M'sia approves permit for Chinese Communist Party organ
Pauline Puah Jan 10, 05 4:58pm
The Communist Party of China will publish the overseas edition of its organ, People's Daily, in Malaysia from next month, following approval of a publishing and printing permit from the government here.
This will add another market to the publication, currently available in some 80 countries including the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, France and Japan.
Local Chinese-language newspaper, Oriental Daily News, quoted Deputy Information Minister Donald Lim yesterday as saying that the Internal Security Ministry and Information Ministry will monitor the contents closely.
The overseas edition of People's Daily has been published in Chinese since 1985, appearing daily except on Sunday.
"The editorial policy of the overseas version is that it must collaborate with the party's nature and policy. But at the same time, it must consider the acceptance and reading habits of readers abroad," says a note on the Internet version.
Malaysia-China Friendship Association secretary-general Tan Kai Hee said the trial version of the People's Daily in Malaysia had been published since Jan 1.
He said the contents of the daily, although published and printed in Malaysia, would follow the overseas version in other countries.
"Maybe certain local issues will be adapted to be published as well. This's just like our newspapers here which have pull-outs that focus on local issues," he said when contacted today.
Focus on culture
He dismissed allegations that the paper would promote communism.
"The paper will promote China's culture and economic, but it's not about to promote the (communist) ideology. Because of this (not promoting ideology), it has been accepted worldwide," he said.
He said the question of ideology should not be made an issue as the Chinese people and Malaysians both believe that neither sides would influence the other.
"I believe Malaysians are mature enough to accept different ideas. In the era of globalisation, the issue of ideology should not be an issue any more," he said.
Tan said the government's decision to allow the publication reflects its open policy towards the Chinese culture.
"This shows the government does not see China as a threat, but a good friend and partner," he said.
"Malaysian entrepreneurs and investors who have businesses in China, entrepreneurs and students who are now living in Malaysia, and various Chinese cultural organisations would like to see the publication of the People's Daily in Malaysia," he said.
When contacted, an employee at the People's Daily office in Kuala Lumpur refused to disclose additional details, such as the expected print run.
However, a source said the publication will likely be a tabloid of eight to 10 pages.
Under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, all publishers and printers are required to obtain an annual permit. The Internal Security Minister has sole power to approve, reject or revoke licences.
For instance, there has been guarded response to malaysiakini's application for a current affairs weekly, submitted in September 2002.
Last June, the premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi strongly hinted in answer to a parliamentary question that the government would not approve the application for fear that the publication could be prejudicial to national security.
Deputy Internal Security Minister Chia Kwang Chye could not be reached for comment today.
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