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Just like Nat, RPK was targeted for the comments left at Malaysia Today. The date Jul 11 may be an error, look deep at blog 08/07 and the comments therein interalia Jul11/Jul12/ etc and you find some very disturbing & hurtful comments that Mat Taib and his watchers are referring to.
The timing of the report was perfect as when winding up debate on the Electronic Government Activities Bill 2007 in the Dewan Negara yesterday, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz shouted out his stern warning that “the government would not hesitate to use the Internal Security Act (ISA), the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 121b of the Penal Code against these bloggers.” Mat Taib as a Senator who had made the police report, said that “the public comments carried on the portal on July 11 violated the law and insulted the Yang di-Pertuan Agong”
Najib at Malaysian Press Award Night 2007 reminded “bloggers are not above the law”
More details & pic of Mat & his Report at:
http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2007/07/more-pics-mat-taib-police-report-on-jul.html

This umno govt should change its mindset.

first, it's not us-vs-them so there's no need to round the wagons; bloggers have as much a role to play in nation-building as the govt.

second, you can't close the borders of cyberspace; if you try to clamp down, the walls will go porous, sites will be hosted elsewhere, most bloggers will post anonymous and the last restraint holding moderation may be jettisoned;

third, laws are man-made; in this case, the laws were made by the very establishment whose integrity is being questioned; seen in this light, who can expect bloggers and their readers not to be rankle against the establishment for pushing laws that would only clamp down exposure of the establishment's malpractices? the harder they push, the greater the reaction.

The govt should re-look its entire paradigm against the new genre of the role of mass media in nation-building.

Let that be the starting point instead of trying to use old method of containment. Why is there a need to follow what other countries are doing? Didn't this govt say here and then that Malaysia is unique? So, why not change the paradigm and try something more positive?

The solution is simple; instead of looking for slander or posing the reason about racial, religious or even sovereign sanctity, learn how to defend by counter-pointing where you think bloggers have been excessive.

Put in your set of facts in the same blogs if you can to rebut point-by-point where you think the blogger has exceeded good form.

Furthermore, bloggers shouldn't be made to be responsible for what their commenters have posted. If you don't allow for that, then one day a post from a commenter which has some elements of new facts embedded in a litany of sensationals may just not see the light of day.

If a govt is sincere about truths and facts coming out, it should not try to suppress the way those are delivered; the world is not perfect but that doesn't mean it should fit all that you want if trying to make it so will block it completely.

And lastly, this umno govt should reengage its own brain.

The most important thing it should ask itself is whether it isn't too outdated in the way it is handling state and people matters. The prompt is that this country's intelligentsia, most of whom are now finding new expression through the internet, are thinking exactly so.

The govt officials themselves are no help too. They keep making gaffes that show they are racists and stupid, bereft of wider perspectives, and forever eddying in the small silos of their own minds.

That on reading the aforementioned they are now seething inside only goes to show it has hit home somewhat.

Get out of it - stop thinking the rakyat are just kampung folks easily agitated. They will be so if you keep on thinking that's what they are. And even if they are, what have you been not doing to educate them out of such anti-social monoracial extremistic agitation so that they can rise to the thinking and feeling levels of the more globalized, liberal, moderate and cosmopolitanized?

If a govt doesn't take action to do that, it would be failing in one of the unspoken remits of governance. Harmony based on understanding founded on intelligent discourse about integrity.

Unless the umno clueless are saying that they want to be despotic using old laws in order to maintain their status quo of low integrity, closed minds and miraged achievements.

as the saying goes "berani kerana benar"

Even Tun Mahatir also echoed that bloggers should not be fearful so long they are stating facts.

Talk about rule of law.

Isn't this the party that is rotten right down to the core?

This is the government that shut their eyes on the criminal rampage done by illegal immigrants on our society.

But when a Malaysian opened up the can of worm in the way they run the country, immediately they condemned it as 'insult to the Agong'.

Don't drag Agong in this drama. He has nothing do with this.

In the mean time, who the hell is running this country? Where's the PM? Kalau mau selalu cuti, jangan jadi Perdana Menteri lah!!

According to SinChiew at http://www.sinchew.com.my/content.phtml?sec=1&artid=200707242713

“試想想，當一個人在部落格，把馬來統治者的畫像貼在自己的屁股上，然後在上面放屁……這種畫面，看在我們眼裡，我們會有何感受？”

He says that they saw that someone took a photo of the Malay Ruler and stick it at own ass and fart on it on the blog.

I am not sure where did he see the picture and how did he see the air thin fart though.

protect vs destroy
RPK vs 2Muhammad
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1169/892752530_7b3a7aa63c.jpg?v=0

"Electronic Government Activities Bill 2007"

Mr. Jeff, do you know whats in the bill? Goolge didnt turn up any info...

MWT: Just like Nat, RPK was targeted for the comments left at Malaysia Today. The date Jul 11 may be an error, look deep at blog 08/07 and the comments therein interalia Jul11/Jul12/ etc and you find some very disturbing & hurtful comments that Mat Taib and his watchers are referring to.

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It may not be a surprise if the commentators are planted there?

A conspiracy to launch Ops Lalang 3, pre-general election time?

The rakyat are all fed-up.

The government can block from within. But they can't block the power of free media from outside of the country. And these do more damages when the clampdown begins.

Yes, Visit Malaysia Year 2007 indeed.

Hey Jeff,
I found your entry today very interesting despite it being short-it truly embodies all that is happening- the process of silencing-the climate of fear-towards bloggers. The poem totally reflects and re-emphasized how we need/have to fight together to stay strong.so that they cant take away the little freedom that we still have. Thank you! If not for you I would have never known about the poem!

something must be done to safeguard this country from falling into the hands of a group of monkeys.

we blog and when they come to oppress us, we have to up in arms to let them know that we are never an easy target for them.

As cre8tif pointed out.

Think another statement would be:

"And the truth shall set you free."

However, judging by the police and MPs reactions, they're attacking bloggers due to where the 'truth' came from and definitely it's stirred their sties a bit.

Those who don't take Pastor Martin Niemöller word seriously should think twice.

When this happens in Nazi Germany and militarism Japan, they drove 8 millions youth from their country to graveyard.

During red-fear cultural revolution in China, at least 20 millions population perish. White fear in Taiwan, at least 10,000 people arrested and kill without proper prosecution.

If you think human society are "wise" to be shut up, then prepare for the WORST. Politikus will go insane when there is no power in check. Think the example of Iraq invade Kuwait.

"If you read Article 150 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia -- which I have reproduced below -- you can see that the Agong has the power to remove the Prime Minister if the Agong perceives the Prime Minister as totally incompetent and a danger to the economic life and well-being of Malaysians."

LET ME SEE>>>TEORI RAHMAN...

R= RAHMAN A=ABD RAZAK M= MAHATHIR A=ABULLAH N= NAJIB EH.... N= RAJA NAZRIN SHAH

HEHEE HIDUP RAJA NAZRIN..OUR NEXT PM FROM ROYAL FAMILY...Yeahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

The way I see it is ...

[ DELETED ]

The only way to get out of this cesspool of a banana nation is for the Royalty (Agong + Council of Rulers) to declare a State of EMERGENCY and REMOVE / CHANGE the Executive and UMNO/BarisanNational Govt - as allowed for by the Constitution.

Otherwise, the only option is for every right thinking and loyal Malaysian citizen to stand up AGAINST this corrupted and nation-destroying leaders we have - with force if need be.

There are no other alternatives my friends.

A blog is just like the local pub or mamak stall or even a mosque where many hang around.
when you have a group of people talking to each other, things comes out.
All the rakyat wants is a just society. If that is not available, frusttrations will creep in, if not in cyberspace, then elsewhere.

brilliant suggestion, readerdee.

completely agree with your inevitable conclusion.

Raja Nazrin it should be.

May their Majesties do what is long overdue for this nation.

For too long we have been run (down) by @#$%.

Last lifeline for Malaysia - do it.

If RPK cannot moderate his comments page, then take it down. It is much to easy for saboteurs to plant subversive remarks there.
I feel that RPK is partly to blame for his own misfortunes in this regard.

et69,
The way i see it, the whole mess is just an attempt to silence RPK's Exposé of Corruption articles (with supporting Document evidence) using a flimsy excuse that comments posted in Malaysis-Today.net website insults Islam and Agung.

If this case reach the court based on the evidence submitted by UMNO's police report, International Press will laugh at Malaysia again.
Wait, they are already laughing....

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/25/1526222
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6915002.stm
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Malaysias-ruling-party-files-police-complaint-against-Web-sitecritical-of-government/2007/07/23/1185043033801.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/25/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Cyberspace-Criticism.php

Hello Jeff,

I just want to say out somewhere and hope it is alright with you...

I really hope that the commenters can show some restrain when it comes to calling names, especially to those in the police. Yes, they are receiving a lot of bad press and many people are not happy with them but do show some respect to them. They are also trying their best to do their work. Some of you may have had bad experience with them but instead of abusing them voice out properly what exactly that they have done right instead of calling them names.

This happen everytime an opinion related to police appears. I'm sure you yourself don't want to be called names like that.

Yes you have your anger they are many outlet for that. Citizen ThinkTank is in need of help to provide proper information about our MPs. I'm sure you can help there.

Thank you for taking your time to consider this.

I could not get into malaysia-today.net today. Is it just me or has the site been blocked?

It seems like Malaysians cannot log into http://malaysia-today.net for some unknown reason. We can still access the site from Canada. Try using an open proxy.

And when ACA came for the BIG FISHES
Their Nets were full of HOLES; in Silence
We knew they would not catch those FISHES

So the Fishes escape through the nets. The IGP & former ACA boss are clean as a slate.
IGP Musa Hassan – No Wrong Corrupt doings, Investigations Closed Orders AG; Former ACA Chief Zulkifli Mat Noor Free Of Criminal Misconduct, Abuse Of Power, Says AG. And the Internet Lies are ALL half Truths and Assumptions
More details at:
http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2007/07/igp-musa-no-corrupt-doings.html

Forgive me as a nerd, I came across knowing this via ./ (Slashdot).

Shouldn't our government know that they can't set a boundary on Internet? Oh yes.. they can, only in Malaysia. ;-)

yc

hi jeff

may i know if PORR is being continued?

JEFF OOI says: It's a federal-funded project which the state government have no financial jurisdiction. We are awaiting updates from the party/parties involved in the project.

i hope its not, because it is not like theyre doing it in furtherance of penang's economy.

Not only that, they are destroying whats left of the original penang.

Many protests have taken place but no heed has been paid.

Projects should be taken on for the betterment of the state as a whole and not just for the financial betterment of certain limited individuals.

Thus, i pray that u would look into this.