Makkal Osai returns, and it's still pisses me off...

Before anyone brands me a bigot, let me tell you why I'm unhappy.

Makkal Osai was not issued a new license to print. The reason given by the Home Minister was that they "had broken the terms of their agreement".

Suddenly the Home Minister has allowed them to go back to the presses and the paper will be back on the shelves last Saturday.

This was, of course, after the General Manager filed an appeal.

Before this I had asked the government to be transparent on their decision, because with this new news piece, it seems that the permits are not issued based on national security and reasoning, but merely on personal whim.

I for one do not want newspapers to have to go through what The Star went through simply because it pissed someone off, with no logical backing.

It is therefore urgent that Syed Hamid Albar explain the reasoning behind both the non-issuance of the permit beforehand, and the acceptance of the appeal.

Otherwise, perhaps Pak Lah should stop mentioning the need for a transparent government from now on.