Hamas 'radical' - RTM Mandarin news editors get show-cause letters

RTM's Mandarin Desk editor and the chief editor of the Mandarin News segment have been issued with show-cause letters after their news report referred to the Palestinian group Hamas as "radical", revealed Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah

The term was used in a TV2 Mandarin news report concerning the launching of rockets by Hamas towards Jerusalem and southern Israel in the ongoing dispute there, said Saifuddin who added that further investigations were being carried out by the station's management.