KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Two senior editors at The Star have been suspended over a front page of the newspaper that juxtaposed an image of Muslims praying with a story titled Malaysian terrorist leader.
The paper said editor-in-chief Datuk Leanne Goh Lee Yen and executive editor Dorairaj Nadason were relieved of their duties with immediate effect and for the duration of the internal investigation that will be conducted.
Star Media Group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai will take over the supervision of the newspaper's editorial affairs in the interim.
The front page in question was published on May 27. The photograph was of Muslims praying in Putrajaya, while the unrelated cover story was of a former Universiti Malaya lecturer who was in line to become the next leader of the Islamic State in the region.
The juxtaposition led to complaints that Muslims were being portrayed negatively.
The Home Ministry subsequently issued a show-cause letter to the newspaper while police are also investigating the matter under the Sedition Act 1948.
