PETALING JAYA: Reporting on wrongdoing involving public officials is a form of free speech practised by the West and Malaysians should not blindly follow western values, says PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang. Without naming names, Abdul Hadi was believed to be referring to the share trading scandal involving MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki. Abdul Hadi said the media freedom practised by western countries was akin to putting the people’s voice on a pedestal. “The sin is even bigger for those who are innocent,” said Abdul Hadi. Abdul Hadi also said Islam stressed that an individual accused of a crime must not be presumed guilty until he faces the legal process.
