Minister says action taken after Bernama TV host name-calls Al Jazeera on air

Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said action had been taken over an incident where a host on Bernama TV called Al Jazeera "Al Jahiliyah" (the ignorant) and told the Qatar-based international broadcaster to "shut up".

"We may disagree with the report of a news channel but we cannot call them with such a name.