KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19 -- Utusan Malaysia management is currently struggling to dispose of its assets, especially buildings which the company owns, as most of them do not have a certificate of fitness (CF).

According to one of its staff, and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) president Taufik Razak, Utusan has no other means of paying its staff salaries, unless the assets are all liquidated.

"One more, for your information, ladies and gentlemen. This one, if I were to say it, would be an embarrassment to Utusan.

"The issue as to why assets cannot be disposed is because most of the buildings intended to be sold, do not have a CF.

"When Umno was ruling, they did not pay heed to these things, because they felt that Umno would always be h...