In a blog post today, the producer of the documentary, Chou Z Lam (left), revealed that the show was taken off the air under the direct instruction of RTM's chief broadcast executive Ibrahim Yahya.
"RTM's newsroom chief executive Jumat Engson said the documentary was taken off the air because it had sensitive elements that could be harmful (for BN) in the upcoming Sibu by-election as well as the Sarawak state elections," read the blog post.
Chou was instead told that the documentary would be postponed to 'a more appropriate time'.
Chou's allegation comes barely a week after award-winning journalist and producer Joshua Wong quit his position in ntv7 following what he said was constant political interference in his show, the last straw being a ban on discussing the recent Hulu Selangor by-election.
Chou's nine-part documentary was for a RTM2 programme entitled "Galeri Mandarin Nasional" and was supposed to have run from last Monday to May 7 in the 12.20pm to 12.30pm slot. The first two episodes have been aired.
'People first' or 'politics first'?
However, the following episode, to have been aired today, was taken off the air. It focussed on the social impact of the building of the Bakun Dam on the natives of Belaga who were forced to be relocated to Sungai Asap and Sungai Koyan in 1998.
"This is another news interference by the government during and after the Hulu Selangor by-election," Chou said on his blog.
"I feel deeply sorry for the people of Sungai Asap whom I had interviewed, as their problems and voices are being prevented from being heard by the majority of the people both in East and West Malaysia," he added.
Chou said that the move was totally against Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's '1Malaysia' slogan of 'People first'.
"If the Sibu by-election and the Sarawak state election are reasons for the show to be taken off the air, then what RTM is implementing is actually 'politics first'", he said.
'No such orders'
Chou said he had sought the help of deputy information, unity, culture and arts minister Heng Sai Kee to reverse the RTM directive 
but was told that the ministry would not interfere in RTM affairs.
Chou through his blog appealed to Ibrahim (left) to reconsider his decision for the sake of RTM's credibility and the natives of Sarawak.
When contacted, Ibrahim denied that he had ordered the documentary to be taken off the air.
"I did not give such orders [...] you should ask Chou instead," said Ibrahim.
黄义忠（左图）认为，这三项限制缺乏理据，严重 违反节目的编辑自主。公司对节目采取的限制，也是一种自我设限和审查，与新闻专业原则背道而驰，形同惩罚这个节目，严重打击制作团队的专业。
他获得本身的父母亲、多位评论人包括陈亚才、 唐南发及大约30多名新纪元学院学生出席记者会给予声援。黄义忠也是新纪元学院媒体研究系兼职讲师。
京滬深樓市 撻訂潮紛現 | 2010年4月19日 |
【明報專訊】中央接連推出的壓樓市措施，震撼內地，有業界人士直言是史無 前例的嚴厲。在新政策威力下，內地樓市即時有反應，京、滬、深等地已紛見準買家「撻訂」。各地地產業界人士預期，「撻訂」潮隨時湧現，成交亦將急降。市場 近日更傳言，重慶及上海等地，已上報徵收物業稅的計劃方案，各地還將有不同針對樓市的稅收新政陸續推出，在負面消息不斷下，內地樓市勢料將步入寒冬。
上周四的國務院常務會議，首先拋出收緊按揭的震撼彈，要求第二套房的首期 不得少於五成，較07年的調控還要緊。直至前日，國務院再發出通知，要求堅決遏制部分城市的房價過快上漲，給出的對策是，要求各地可以按情，暫停向購買 第三套物業的居民發放按揭貸款，同時，不能提供一年以上納稅證明的非本地居民，更可要求銀行暫停批發按揭貸款。
調控嚴厲程度更勝07年
接連兩日中央連續出招，嚴厲程度頗出業內意料。復旦大學房地產研究中心主任尹伯成直言，對比以往，明顯見到今次當局的決心，「現在的房價的確已經是 奇高了，而且游資有從一線城市蔓延到二、三線城市的趨勢，」故此中央現時出手，反映當對問題的重視。他更預期，未來調控樓市的措施還將有來，各類稅收政策 的調整會是下一波。而在連出兩招後，各地樓市亦即時見反應，北京、上海以至深圳，都已出現準買家看不清後市而「撻訂」的清。北京中原地產總經理李文杰形 容，這次史無前例的調控，已即時打擊市場信心，「雖然現在違約買家還只是零星出現，但未來一個月會大幅增加。」他預期，以現時每月成交的2萬宗二手樓交易 中，大約會有一成，即約2000宗會有「撻訂」可能。
限外地人借貸 重創樓市
但他認為，更嚴峻的還是前日推出的限制外地人借貸措施，「外地買房人佔了北京整體交易的三成左右，」他坦言，一旦北京正式定下暫停批發按揭貸款予外 地人，「這等於是告訴人家，外地人不用再來北京買房了。」這個打擊可能更大。李文杰預期，在多重壓力下，北京當地樓市成交量短期內即會「驟降」。
與北京同樣有頗多外地投資者的上海、深圳以及海南，亦隨時有游資撤走，泡沫爆破的危機。
另一方面，內地傳媒引述重慶地產業界人士稱，當地政府已向國務院上交實施物業稅的規劃，上海亦同步遞交了規劃方案。一旦物業稅開行，亦勢將令當地樓 市雪上加霜。事實上，國務院發出的通知中，已鼓勵各地自行推出調控樓市的財稅措施，更警告各地方大員，要把樓價調控負上全責。
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