KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): The National Journalists (NUJ) Utusan Melayu branch has claimed it was not informed of any development pertaining to the report that Utusan Malaysia is making a comeback next year.

Its chairman Mohd Taufek Razak said the latest information received from the management was that it was trying to liquidate the company’s assets and staff were still awaiting their promised compensation.

“We have not received any details about Utusan making a comeback next year,” he said when contacted by Bernama here today.

Earlier today, Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof was reported as saying that Utusan Malaysia was set to make a comeback next year.

According to a local newspaper report, Redzuan revelead this matter during a programme in Tenggayun, Johor, yesterday, while campaigning for the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election.

Utusan Malaysia, the oldest Malay-language newspaper in the country and Kosmo!, another daily published by the company, had ceased operations since Oct 9, due to financial problems.