Ex-988 staff lodges unfair dismissal complaint, point at Soi Lek

Soi Lek's energy scuffle with predecessor Ong Tee KeatFormer 988 air wave host Jamaluddin Ibrahim has lodged a formal complaint with a Industrial Relations Department against Star RFM Sdn Bhd for unfair dismissal.

The deejay, popularly well known as Jamal (left), was dangling indefinitely from Aug 19 as well as sacked upon Sept 8, after a hire received a warning minute from a Malaysian Communications as well as Multimedia Commission (MCMC).


Also camp complaints with a dialect currently were a air wave station's former chief executive military officer Wong Lai Ngo as well as former comparison programme physical education instructor Tan Chia Yong who were additionally terminated.

All three of them were served their stop letters upon Sept 8, citing complaints by MCMC.

We believe which our dismissal was a outcome of crude influence exerted by certain politicians as well as an abuse of a processes of a MCMC, they said.

The MCMC in a minute had forked out which announcers as well as panelists upon a deejay's programme had used inappropriate language which a listeners found to be offensive.

The elect additionally claimed which a hire had aired issues as well as comments which could negatively start competition relations.

This is an attempt to suppress freedom of suspicion as well as expression in a nation for a benefit of certain quarters, they said.

Wong later pronounced which it is apparent which their dismissal came after MCA boss Dr Chua Soi Lek came to power, replacing Ong Tee Keat.

Wong, who have been in a attention for twenty years now, combined which a MCMC's minute is not new.

There have been others who get it as well though it's not grounds for termination, she said.

Although disheartened by a incident, Wong ! pronounc ed she hopes which they will be reinstated.

Jamaluddin common her view, as well as combined which if a show goes behind on-air it will usually do good for a renouned air wave station.

The renowned DJ was pronounced to be 'threatening to inhabitant security' during an talk with columnist Ouyang Wen Feng upon a Hi Malaysia talk-show in August.

If there is a domestic will, a show can be easy as well as yield there have been proper conditions upon what can be pronounced as well as what cannot, pronounced Jamal.

Department to proceed conciliation process
Prominent lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan, who acted upon interest of a three, explained which a Industrial Relations Department will proceed a conciliation process.

AmbigaThey will call a employer as well as complainants to moderate a brawl though ultimately it's a minister's discretion whether we can go to industrial court, she said.She hoped which a conciliation will be resolved in a integrate of months.

There has been too most interference in a media as well as this is tantamount to danger of a media, pronounced a former Bar Council president.

Ambiga combined which a South East Asia Legal Defence has additionally voiced a await for a trio.

As it involves those from a media profession, Ambiga urged a National Union of Journalists (NUJ) to additionally act upon a matter. - Malaysiakini