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Thursday, 02 September 2010 admin-s

By Joseph Tawie

(FMT) KUCHING: Two senior editors of a newspaper here have been sacked and suspended respectively for allowing a “negative” article on Chief Minister Taib Mahmud to be published.

New Sarawak Tribune editorial adviser, James Ritchie, has been removed and replaced by Taib’s former press secretary, Effendi Ariffin, while the newspaper’s executive editor, Paul Si, has been suspended.

The paper which recently changed its name from The Eastern Sun to the New Sarawak Tribune is owned by one of Taib’s daughters.

The offending Bernama article appeared on Aug 30, on the front page of the paper under the headline “Is Taib testing the waters?”

It is understood that the objectionable part of the article was a comment made by Jeniri Amir, a political analyst at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).

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written by SoundMan, September 04, 2010 01:44:40

James Richie and Paul Si we are with you guys ! Sue the employer for unfair dismissal and get the courts to cook their goose !

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written by davidquellsgoliath, September 02, 2010 22:31:34

To The Monster of Sarawak
Do you know that:-
"Whatever a man soweth that shall he also reap".
You sacked James Ritchie & Paul Si.
Don't gloat because soon the rakyat of Sarawak will hound you out of office & you will have to account for your years of stealing & looting.
This is the immutable law of the Almighty & you can't escape because evil begets evil.

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written by malsia1206, September 02, 2010 19:58:26

James Ritchie the NST editorial adviser? Was he not the freelance writer who used to do write-ups for the msm colouring Barisan in its most colourful palette in the earlier years? Looks like the buck stops right now at his feet. What comes round is truly coming round for him. Falling out of favour with Pek Moh? Seems the chips are falling apart for a fairy tale end.

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written by arazak, September 02, 2010 17:58:02

I hope this thief who oppress the Sarawakian will die a horrible death!

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written by sang kancil, September 02, 2010 17:21:35

THe shit will hit the fan and the TAIB will have them all over.

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written by batsman, September 02, 2010 16:42:50

Fearful of opinion? Exactly a giant monster with feet of clay.

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written by StraightShooter, September 02, 2010 14:00:43

it seems that every thing Taib does of late is detrimental to his sinking-fast reputation. his actions show that this man has no class, no honour and is nothing but a grand scale thief. Such BAD blood!!

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written by Malay Ultraman, September 02, 2010 12:14:56

It takes only a letter "K" and replace it wth the "B" to make his name soooo stinky!! hahahahah

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written by samadhi8, September 02, 2010 12:01:07

Unfortunately for all of us, its not time yet for Taib Tahi to die yet. He should go first instead of his wife and grand-daughter. Even when death has touched his immediate family twice, he is still so defiant and power crazy.

There really is no hope for him (just like Dr Mad). Their minds are in the total control of (Mara, Satan, Iblis - the evil one)!

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written by fireduck, September 02, 2010 11:23:51

Bernama article wor? Wah, like that means the Najib administration wants him out already ......

Anyway, James Ritchie and Paul Si should fight back. You don't need to depend on Taib's family to survive. Now that you have been sacked, you are no longer obliged to hold back on all those info about his family's misdeeds.