Malaysian Bloggers Face The Heat (Again) As Elections Draw Near
An article in Yahoo News states:
A Malaysian government minister has accused bloggers, who have been writing avidly on upcoming elections, of being cowards and warned they are being monitored, a report said Friday.
Youth and Sports Minister Azalina Othman said opposition parties were using blogs to get their message out because they believed the Home Affairs Ministry was busy monitoring reports in the mainstream media, the Star daily said.
If there was ever a sign that the government is being run by monkeys, this is probably it. What do they expect when they control all the mass media?
In a later article in Yahoo news:
The mainstream media in Malaysia are either government-owned or controlled by the parties in the ruling coalition. They also need annually to renew government licenses to operate. This has ensured that virtually every newspaper and television station broadcasts flattering reports of the government. The opposition rarely gets a good mention in the papers.
The Election Commission is supposed to be an independent body, whose members are appointed by the constitutional monarch. But it is largely seen as a pro-government panel that has done little to promote electoral fairness.
Why don’t they just cut the Internet, burn all the PCs and books, and lets all go back to staying in kampung houses..
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I wonder who is being the coward here.
Let’s heat the situation further.