Umno Youth to remove cartoon

Umno Youth to remove cartoon THE SUN KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth will remove a cartoon on its web site which depicts opposition leaders on the cover of former communist leader Chin Peng's autobiogaphy if it is deemed offensive, says its head Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. "If they get offended by mere cartoons, then we will take it out of our website, that is not a problem," he said yesterday after launching an international colloqium on educational assessment. On Monday, DAP Youth protested the cartoon which bore pictures, among others, of DAP adviser and parliamentary Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang, DAP chairman Karpal Singh and its publicity chief Ronnie Liu, and PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and the words "Komunis Selamanya ..." (Forever Communists). On the case of teacher Chan Boon Heng of SJK (C) Keat Hwa who fell to his death after stepping on a termite-eaten floorboard in his first-floor school office on Sunday, Hishammuddin said he will meet his family, see to their needs and offer some compensation. He said under the 9th Malaysia Plan, there would be allocations for upgrading of schools but priority will be given to fully-aided schools, especially those in remote and rural areas.