STATE INTERVENTION?
When asked if the “media” in its statement refers to the blog by Mr Au or the mainstream press, Ms Braema Mathi, president of Maruah, said: “We meant online media, which, yes, would refer to blogs as well. It is immaterial how the news leaked. The leak was not the fault of the recipient of the news, whether the party is the traditional print and broadcast media or alternative media. We have to respect that space and not say we love it when it suits us, and hate it when it doesn’t.”
Maruah said in its statement that it is “still clueless as to whether there was intervention by the State” in making Archbishop Chia take back his letter “and if so, on what grounds and to what extent”.
Ms Mathi said: “The matter has come out in public and we have to deal with it and move on. We still want to have an internal dialogue with the relevant authorities. There are so many minefields around us and we want to understand and find out why. It has been what we wanted in the first place. The work of our group goes on, such as proposing a commission of inquiry to review the detentions under the ‘Marxist conspiracy’.” Full story
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