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KUALA LUMPUR: The Edge should know for itself which of its articles have been deemed wrong by the Home Ministry, leading to the issuance of a show-cause letter against the publication, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said yesterday.

The Star Online quoted Ahmad  Zahid as saying this after The Edge requested that the ministry specify which articles about 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) affairs had been deemed wrong.

“Whoever eats chillies will feel the heat, there is no need for them to ask us which articles involved matters which are not true,” he reportedly said. “They should know.”

The Edge confirmed on Wednesday that it had received a show-cause letter in which the ministry had given it seven days to explain why action should not be taken against it under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.

The show-cause letter was issued just over a week after Ahmad Zahid made a statement warning the media that it would face action for “false reporting” on the 1MDB issue.

Ahmad Zahid’s warning came shortly after a former PetroSaudi International executive, Xavier Andre Justo, was arrested in Thailand for allegedly blackmailing the company and tampering with emails.

Ahmad Zahid said that the tampered emails formed the basis of Sarawak Report’s 1MDB exposés, which he said were in turn published by The Edge. — The Malaysian Insider

 

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on July 3, 2015.

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