‘LIMS PRACTISING DOUBLE STANDARDS’
Kit Siang forgets his son usually shuts out mainstream media reporters, says Khairy
YOUTH and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has snapped back at DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang for accusing him of “practising double standards” over his treatment of a pro-opposition news portal.
The Umno Youth chief had, via an aide, reportedly barred a Malaysiakini reporter from covering his event in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
The move drew criticism from Kit Siang, who described it as “shocking” and unbecoming of a well-respected minister.
Khairy said Kit Siang and his son, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, were guilty of doing the same.
“Lim Kit Siang has forgotten that his son usually bars mainstream media reporters from covering his press conferences.
“So, who is practising double standards here? So his son can do it, but I can’t?” he said after the launch of the Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme 2017 at the ministry here yesterday.
Khairy defended his decision, saying he, at least, did it discreetly.
“Unlike them, I did not embarrass the reporter. My officer politely asked her (the reporter) to leave.”
Assuring the alternative media that he had no issues with them covering his events, Khairy said all he wanted from them was fair and balanced reporting.
“The report must be accurate. But this particular online portal likes to twist my stories.
“I have no issues with other alternative media that have been writing about me and criticising me,” he said.