Verify before quoting websites and blogs, MSM told
The Internal Security Ministry has warned newspapers in the mainstream media (MSM) against quoting and publishing "anti-government articles" from online portals and blogs, Malaysiakini reported.
The March 13 letter, which was sent to the country's top editors, was signed by the ministry's Publications Control and Al-Quran Texts Unit senior officer Che Din Yusof, on behalf of the ministry's secretary-general.
A copy of the circular was obtained by Malaysiakini from a source
In a follow-up, Che Din confirmed with Malaysiakini that he was the one who has issued the circular to the editors.
Incidentally, over the past few weeks, websites and blogs have highlighted allegations of corruption against ACA chief Zulkipli Mat Noor and Internal Security Deputy Minister Mohd Johari Baharum. But Che Din denied that the circular was related to both the cases.
Our mainstream editors are now so prone to printing lies that they need a reminder from the Internal Security Ministry. Is that what the bureaucrat actually meant?
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ROFL.
Oh my.
I though Pak Lah supersize cabinet are suppose to take over lots of Minister of Internal Security(MoIS) job on side stepping on other ministry.
So now MOIS are stepping into Ministry of Information(MoI) territory. And this is strictly against the spirit of bureaucratic.
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March 19, 2007 04:18 PM
It's hunting season again!
Hunt down the victims, whistleblowers and bloggers so that the wrongdoers can sleep and 'screw' in peace.
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March 19, 2007 10:38 PM
bloggers and people of Malaysian,
repeat after me for eternity :-
"Malaysian mainstream media has never been *freer* before than TDM's time"
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March 20, 2007 03:30 AM