Minister 'sorry for being straightforward' in Finas licence controversy

Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah apologised to social media practitioners for being "straightforward" in his recent statement in Parliament regarding the Malaysian National Film Development Corporation (Finas) licencing for video production.

“As a minister, I should apologise, because when I replied about the issue in the Dewan Rakyat on July 23, I did so in a very straightforward manner.

"Apparently, politicians cannot be straight, when one is straight, he gets hammered," he said.

However, Saifuddin (above) said the next day, the matter was discussed in the cabinet, which decided that the public could freely use platforms such as...