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Attn: Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek

Here’s a great tip for our Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

It’s free-of-charge, courtesy of our Jakarta-based Malaysian blogger Unspun, as part of his national service call.

Nuh (Indonesia’s Information Minister) also consulted bloggers about what the Government should do with the controversial Dutch documentary Fitna.

It’s more than about putting up the "feel good" perception, it’s more than that and it’s about walking the talk.

More importantly, we’re talking about Indonesia which doesn’t sound that liberal but a lot more liberal that what we thought.

zaharibb

April 8th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Indonesia was once colonised by the Dutch.
sicko

April 8th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

Aha….please tell this newly minted Minister of Infor walk the talk by giving necessary time and space to Ku Li on RTM and all govt radio stations so that there is truly democracy practised in the larger interest of the nation and rakyat.

We the rakyat want to hear Ku Li`s message directly and evaluate ourselves. No editing and spinning plz.

Bolih kah?

Sicko

8 April 2008
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April 17th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

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