Raja Nazrin

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 April -- Raja Muda Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah hari ini melahirkan rasa bimbang terhadap trend penulis buku di negara ini yang lebih gemar menghasilkan buku politik memburuk-burukkan individu tertentu.

Menurut baginda berlaku trend popular menghasilkan buku-buku politik berunsur destruktif, berlandaskan matlamat jangka pendek politik dan komersial, memilih tema penulisan untuk memburuk-burukkan individu tertentu, diterbitkan secara bermusim yang berkait rapat dengan takwim perjalanan organisasi politik tertentu dalam negara.

"Trend sedemikian jika terus berkembang, dibimbangkan akan membina satu budaya penulisan yang tidak sihat, budaya penulisan yang menyuburkan budaya fitnah, budaya penulisan kurang beretika yang sanggup mengetepikan fakta, dan budaya penulisan yang akan membawa pengaruh negatif dalam perkembangan minda warga," titah baginda ketika melancarkan buku bertajuk "Keberanian Menggapai Harapan".

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Crown Prince Worried About Writing Trend

he Crown Prince of northern state of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, on Tuesday expressed concern over the trend whereby authors in the country are more interested in writing political books that run down certain individuals.

He said this popular trend of producing destructive political books for short-term political and commercial objective chose themes that denigrated certain individuals, occurred on a seasonal basis and was closely linked to the timing of certain political organisations' activities.

"If this trend continues to grow, I fear that it will create an unhealthy writing culture, a writing culture which nurtures lies, a writing culture which is unethical and ready to ignore fact and one that will have a negative influence on the development of the people's minds," he said.

He was speaking when launching the book, "Keberanian Menggapai Harapan", a translation of the book, "Audacity of Hope", by US President Barack Hussein Obama. The translation was done by the National Institute of Translation (ITNMB).