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<\/a>Is blocking Sarawak Report an admission of guilt?<\/p><\/div>\n
Blocking access to the website will only succeed in informing all Malaysians and the world that Najib isn\u2019t as transparent as what he appears to be, said DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang.<\/span><\/p>\n Lim in a statement today urged Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to stop banning Sarawak Report as a mean of damage control.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI do not think many Malaysians access the Sarawak Report, and MCMC is doing Sarawak Report a great favour by publicising Najib and MCMC\u2019s fear of the Sarawak Report contents.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor his best self-interest, Najib should immediately direct MCMC to stop blocking access to Sarawak Report or he is transforming 1MDB scandal from a local into an international scandal,\u201d the Gelang Patah MP added.<\/span><\/p>\n The commission on Sunday announced that it will be blocking access to Sarawak Report on grounds that the news portal has published \u201cunverified information\u201d on 1MDB that could be harmful to the nation. However, a check by The Rocket found that the website is still accessible. <\/span><\/p>\n In February, the London-based whistleblower site claimed that it had access to thousands of emails and documents pertaining to 1MDB. It has since been relentless in its exposes of the dealings behind the state-owned investment fund, which is some RM42 billion in debt.<\/span><\/p>\n Two weeks ago, an expos\u00e9 from Wall Street Journal (WSJ) accused Najib of embezzling US$ 700 million (RM 2.6 billion) of 1MDB funds and transferring it into his personal AmBank account. Since then, Najib has said that the attacks upon him are political sabotage, and that it is the work of former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. <\/span><\/p>\n The blocking of Sarawak Report however, is the first \u2018damage control\u2019 move that the government has taken since the controversy first emerged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, Lim said that the move would more likely have the opposite effect, and believes that such online censorship is a tell-tale sign of Najib\u2019s fear against the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOne does not fear lies and falsehoods but only the truth,\u201d he\u00a0said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy advice to Najib is to allow common sense to prevail, that blocking access to Sarawak Report is not going to end his 1MDB woes but the opposite, plunging his credibility and legitimacy to even unimagined depths, which is not good for him as Prime Minister and for the nation as well,\u201d said Lim.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, DAP assemblywoman Yeo Bee Yin also condemned the MCMC\u2019s move, and concurred with Lim that is looks like an \u2018admission of guilt\u2019 by Najib.<\/span><\/p>\n