The right to reply

Today's Star, as expected, is dominated by news of the Barisan Nasional and its component parties preparing for the forthcoming general elections. For instance, the front page of the daily carries a story ("Barisan seats allotted") of seat allocations within the incumbent BN. In between these reports, however, are inserted a few news reports about the Opposition in the inside pages. One of these is, to our minds, noteworthy. At the very bottom of page 4, there's a news item headlined, "Ezam: I and two others do not control supreme council".

In this story, Parti Keadilan Nasional is given space in The Star to tell its side of the story pertaining to former Perak Keadilan Youth chief Hanafiah Man's allegation that three of its leaders -- Azmin Ali, Ezam Mohd Nor and Khalid Jaafar -- virtually controlled the party's supreme council.