PAS mouthpiece Harakah says it will continue to publish despite its publication permit expiring yesterday.

harakah edisi julai 2009 "We will print as usual. The show-cause letter from the Home Ministry did not stipulate that we cannot continue publishing it," Harakah 's acting chief editor Taufek Yahya said today.

It was reported today that Harakah was given seven days to respond to the show-cause letter which questioned the publication over its alleged failure to submit eight copies of its fortnightly edition to the ministry.

The ministry's secretary-general Mahmood Adam was also quoted in a daily as saying that failure to give a positive response would result in Harakah facing problems with its publication permit.

No status on renewal

Taufek said the latest issue would be sold to the public on Monday, while this Friday's edition has been printed and distributed.

He claimed that Harakah had submitted its renewal application in April.

"When we contacted the Home Ministry yesterday, they said it is still not ready," he said

Yesterday PKR strategic director Tian Chua said Suara Keadilan - which is the party's official organ - would be published as normal although it ran foul of the Home Ministry over its front page report titled `Felda Bankrupt', and its publishing permit not renewed.

Chua said it would continue printing as there were no directives saying they could not.