Opposition Paper Is Given Ultimatum
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The main opposition newspaper has been given two months to either stop selling copies at newsstands or risk being shut down, the publication’s editor said. The permit for the widely read Harakah prohibits it from being bought by people who are not members of the fundamentalist Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which publishes it, but many newsstands have ignored the law. Editor Zulkifli Sulong said that by March, Harakah expects to sell only to party members at party offices.
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