No further action against Era FM Djs, says Fahmi Fadzil

The Star

No further action will be taken against the three radio presenters recently involved in a controversy, according to Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.  Fahmi stated that the RM250,000 fine imposed on Maestra Broadcast Sdn Bhd, the operator of Era FM, is sufficient.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2p9e5rp9   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00I have talked to them, because I found that there is a big pressure that they are facing.

00:12Indeed, we can assume that they are celebrities and are always in the public eye.

00:21However, due to the incident that happened and the controversy that has been raised in the official TikTok era,

00:32there are many things that I believe have had a negative impact on them.

00:41So, I ask them to be patient and calm in facing this big challenge.

00:47I also inform them that we do not wish to take any action against them.

00:54They have gone through enough.

00:57The MCMC has issued an order to the Ministry of State Security,

01:04especially the Ministry of State Security,

01:06to issue a compound to Maestra Broadcast Sedia Berahat, or MBSB, which is the MCMC's cable operator.

01:17As a cable operator, there are a few things that they need to comply with.

01:21First, they have allowed a container that has become a public nuisance in Muad Naik

01:30in the official TikTok account of one of their radio stations.

01:37So, the MCMC's decision is to issue a compound to Estro,

01:45especially Estro, which is Maestra Broadcast Sedia Berahat.

01:51The compound is based on the fact that the compound is not an individual, but a company

02:03whose annual income is different from that of an individual.

02:10There are people who make comparisons,

02:14such as the case of KKMAT, which was fined RM60,000.

02:18That is under the Penal Code, a different law,

02:23and it does not involve a container in the cable, or MCMC's cable operator.

02:29Meanwhile, there are also people who compare

02:33and there are individuals such as Harith Iskandar and Cecilia Yap

02:39who were fined RM10,000.

02:41They are individuals, not a company, not Sedia Berahat.

02:46So, the Penal Code says that the amount allowed,

02:53the RM10,000 compound, is a container.

02:57Therefore, MCMC will not take action,

03:01but will follow the permission from the MP.

03:06So, I believe that after this, we hope to collaborate

03:13with the Ministry of Communication.

03:18We can see that they often produce positive contents.

03:26This is an incident that we all regret,

03:29but I believe that we have all learned from this incident.

03:36I am also quite touched when I look at the contents

03:41that have been promoted by various parties,

03:43reminding us that Malaysia is a country

03:46that is rich in people and culture.

03:52Therefore, we need to defend the differences

03:56in the background of this religion,

04:00but at the same time, we need to respect each other.

04:13For more information, visit www.fema.org

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