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Tabloid editor resigns over Mawi-free edition fiasco
THE editor of the popular tabloid Populi was made to resign yesterday over his failure to include any news items related to Mawi in its Tuesday edition.
The decision to terminate the services of Noordin Mahmoody, 39, was a unanimous one passed by an emergency meeting of the board of directors.
The meeting was called after protests by the paper抯 stockholders as well as the shocked reading public.
In his defence, Noordin claimed he tried everything possible to include a Mawi item on that day.
"We wanted to do something on how he抯 OK with his ex starting a singing career, or something about his first fasting month without his father, or something about that Felda movie he抯 singing the theme song for, or something about his plans for Raya," he says, before breaking down.
"But I realised that we抎 covered all those stories already. I simply couldn抰 think of anything else."
A loyal Populi reader, who only wishes to be known as Tina, said that she was so traumatised by the Mawi-free edition that she had to call in sick that day.
"I looked everywhere |
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