By Mary Chin
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah PKR Chief Datuk Christina Liew has cautioned party members against false information or fake news posted on theInternet or social media platforms by irresponsible elements.
She issued the caution to participants of the First Series Training Programme for Information Chiefs at state and branch levels when launching the event at the State PKR Headquarters on Sunday.
“Of late, inaccurate information linking me to certain matters has been splashed on social media. Ignore what you encounter there. It’s
all fitnah (slander), do not believe what has been posted, and do not spread,” she advised.
Liew, who is also Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sabah Chief, noted that in this digital era, technology sophistication with the use of social media platforms like Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Telegram, Tweeter and the like, has caused rapid transmission of information.
“However, not all information and news reports on those platforms are uvalid and true. In politics, it is imperative that we disseminate correct information on the party’s agenda or the government’s policies to party members to avoid confusion and conflict,” she asserted.
Meanwhile, Liew, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, urged the participants to put into practice the knowledge gained from the
training course for the good of the party. “I hope all information chiefs will make good use of what they have learned, to facilitate their work at the grassroots level,” she said.
The course was organised by PKR Central Information Bureau headed by Dato’ Seri Shamsul Iskandar Akin in collaboration with its Sabah
counterpart. The training modules covered areas of journalism, cyberspace and social media literacy. –END–
