Johor exco apologises to media shooed away from operation centre
Members of the media work outside the Pasir Gudang Municipal Council building premises March 19, 2019. — Picture by Ben Tan
State Information, Entrepreneurship Development, Cooperatives and Creative Economy Committee chairman Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali said the media has been allowed back into the centre to carry on with their work. “The officer then ordered the premises to be cleared, where members of the media were also told to leave on orders of the council president,” said Sheikh Umar, after the media demanded an explanation for the expulsion by Pasir Gudang Municipal Council president Zainor Adani.
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