Karim lauds Gobind’s assurance

May 27, 2018

KUCHING: Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah thanks federal Minister of Communication and Multimedia Gobind Singh Deo for his assurance that RTM and other official media platforms will not black out news and official programmes of Sarawak state ministers.

The state minister and Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice president said he will write an official letter to Gobind regarding the matter.

“I thank him for his fast response and request for me to write to him which I will,” he said yesterday.

S'wak BN gov't accuses RTM of blackout

May 25, 2018

During the BN's reign, the opposition had always accused the mainstream media of not providing them coverage or worse, demonising them on the orders of their political paymasters.

However, now the Sarawak BN government has accused state-owned RTM of blacking out their news since Pakatan Harapan took over the federal government.

Speaking to Dayak Daily, state minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah claimed that several federal agencies have stopped cooperating with them.

BN S'wak tak puas hati RTM tak siar berita

May 25, 2018

Semasa pemerintahan BN, pembangkang selalu menuduh media arus perdana tidak memberikan liputan atau lebih buruk lagi, memburuk-burukkan mereka atas arahan tuan politik mereka.

Bagaimanapun, kini kerajaan BN Sarawak pula mendakwa media milik kerajaan, RTM tidak menyiarkan berita kerajaan negeri sejak Pakatan Harapan (HARAPAN) mengambil alih kerajaan persekutuan.

Bercakap kepada Dayak Daily, menteri Sarawak, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah mendakwa beberapa agensi persekutuan telah berhenti bekerjasama dengan mereka.

Sarawak minister cries foul over RTM news blackout

25 May 2018

KUCHING, May 25 — A member of the Sarawak Cabinet claims the state government has been unfairly treated by national broadcaster, RTM, after Pakatan Harapan (PH) took over Putrajaya following the 14th general election.

Questioning RTM’s sense of responsibility in nation building, he said state ministers were not given any coverage and information about their programmes were not disseminated.

“Personally, I think this should not be the way. If our chief minister or other ministers from Barisan Nasional (BN) have functions that are apolitical, RTM should be impartial and air the news,” Abdul Karim said.

Abdul Karim believes high chance state govt will leave BN

May 24, 2018

KUCHING, May 24: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah believes there is a high likelihood that the present state ruling coalition will leave Barisan Nasional (BN) to form its own local coalition.

He said that is because BN as a brand is no longer accepted by the people and there is a need to rebrand.

“Personally I see, BN as a brand is already not accepted. There is need for rebranding.