All Selangor state departments, agencies and subsidiaries have been instructed to cancel subscriptions for dailies under the Utusan Malaysia group and Berita Harian with immediate effect.

The instruction was issued through a circular dated Nov 9 and signed by Selangor state secretary Mohd Amin Ahmad Ahya.

Amin also revealed that the instruction to cancel the subscription and to stop advertising in Utusan Group publications was first issued through a circular dated June 12, 2008, a few months after the then Pakatan Rakyat federal opposition pact had formed the Selangor government...