PPP denies members ambushed M’sian Nanban headquarters
KUALA LUMPUR: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday denied allegations by Malaysian Nanban that the Tamil daily’s headquarters at Jalan Ipoh was ambushed the party’s members over an alleged defamatory article.
PPP Youth chief Harridz Mohan said party members and president Datuk Seri M Kayveas went to the headquarters only after being invited by the managing director of Malaysian Nanban Datuk Shafee Zaman Sikandar Batcha to clarify an article, which appeared in the daily’s edition on Wednesday.
The article had allegedly accused PPP, which is Barisan Nasional ( BN) component party, of distributing free food packs to the needy, and questioned whether such move would favour the BN in attracting Indian votes.
Harridz also denied that none of the members had threatened and caused injuries to the daily’s reporter LK Raj, as claimed by the newspaper.
He explained that the distribution of free food under the party’s ‘ LET’S FEED’ ( Food For Needy) programme began last year where vegetarian food was distributed to the needy regardless of race, religion and citizenship throughout the country.
“The centre is based in Taman Sentosa, Klang which is under the Kota Raja constituency. If we are politically motivated, we would have placed the centre at the Batu constituency, which is our targeted seat to contest but we never did that because it is solely based on humanity,” he said.
Asanewspaper,eachorganisation had right to write anything but at the same time they should uphold their ethics not to defame people’s reputation blindly without solid evidence, he added. — Bernama