Internet control … (1)
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 | 11:38 am @ SK
[UPDATED VERSION] Yesterday, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi warned those who spread untruths and slander on the Internet will face the law.
"If information in blogs, websites and online portals were incorrect, bordered on slander, caused disturbance or compelled the public to lose faith in the nation’s economic policies, their authors would be detained for investigation," he said.
Via The Star:
(SOURCE: The Star Online, 02 August 2006)
(SOURCE: The Star Frontpage, image courtesy of Screenshots)
"We cannot allow such matters to flow through uncontrolled," he told newsmen after attending a briefing on the proposed Islamic Civilisation Park in Pulau Wan Man here.
"They say all kinds of things, make all kinds of dubious claims. We cannot allow them to abuse the freedom earned under the media. If left alone, they can say or pass on all kinds of things." […]
"If they abuse the freedom – more than the present freedom given without any restriction – we cannot allow it," he declared.
The main page is particularly striking too, anyone care to send me a scanned version?
It was only last week when blogger Ong Hock Chuan (http://unspun.wordpress.com) questioned the new form of denial, when Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow said the government would study amending the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) to include the Internet and electronic media under the act, in which Fu denied later by saying he was misquoted by the press.
More updates soon.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:55 am
another china in the making
quiz: how does one "write correct information" without not "compelling the public to lose faith in the nation’s economic policies"?
Pak Lah speaks in riddles…
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:58 am
Sorry, but I have lost faith in the country’s economic, infrastructure and governance policies since don’t know when, with no influence of the Internet whatsover.
I won’t worry too much if Brother G is going to secure and control the Internet from our country. If they can’t even manage basic planning and carry out safety procedures for a relatively simple train system, I don’t think they can manage terrabytes of information influx at all. Let alone a single bloody HTML-based web server.
If they do, we will always figure a way to work around the system. Like we always do with the public government tenders and law enforcement officers.
Malaysia boleh! Boleh apa? Korang pikir lah, aku tak tau lah.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:59 am
Who holds the truth then?
if everyone has their own version of truths, is the government’s truth truer than the average joe’s truth?
Isn’t the government itself consist of people who also believes in different truths?
Who be the judge?
Of all things to learn from China…
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:06 pm
As usual, Abdullah don’t have a clue about his target.
Is the general election near? they’re afraid of the internet now after what the internet did in Sarawak election.
“The fact that we lost nine seats is something that needed to be thoroughly studied. If there is a message, then what is the message?”
by Abdullah after the election
After some thorough studies, he found out the main culprit was ‘the internet’ for providing alternative news for ppl in urban areas,he decided to threaten the internet and bloggers now. The message? To hell with it!
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:44 pm
I just posted something on my blog, and it contains an image of the front page that you’re looking for. Feel free to nick it. If that’s not good enough, e-mail me and I will send u the full page scan.
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:10 pm
We have heard of China filtering the ‘net. We have heard of a Singaporean blogger charged for blogging about something seditious. I wonder how the Malaysian govt will go about implementing ‘control of information flow’.
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