HELEN ANG
Tentulah kalau sudah private and closed-door, takkan wartawan-wartawan asing di Singapura itu akan membuat liputan.
Maka hujah Guan Eng – “He pointed out that to date, except for a ‘purported tape by TV3′, there has been no press report of what he had said “privately in a closed-door session” – adalah semata-mata untuk mengaburi mata khalayak umum.
Masuk sesi, Guan Eng telah memberi peringatan kepada saya, “I would
prefer if we keep this conversation within the group as far as the both
of us are concerned.”
Lantaran saya bertanya: “Which part of the conversation?”
Jawapannya: “The entire conversation.”
Sekiranya ia menjadi tabiat Guan Eng untuk mengeluarkan perintah tutup mulut (gag order), bagaimana media akan boleh lapor?