Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Malaysian Bloggers fight back!

I was browsing my daily google news today and came across this article Report: Malaysia's leader says bloggers can't dodge laws, hide in cyberspace. News Straits Times are suing Jeff and Rocky for defamation. The bad news is, there goes our freedom of speech ... or should I say ... eerr what freedom of speech? The good news is, the support from the Malaysian bloggers community is tremendous and quite impressive.
Marina Mahathir will be one of the trustee in a Bloggers Legal Fund that is currently being set up. Read her blog here: 'Bloggers Fight Back!' and check out these other campaigns/supporters on this issue: 'Bloggers United', 'Kickdefella' and 'Walk With Us'
Are we able to fight this battle? The outcome of this will be HUGE. Can Malaysia handle this? Will this be the tipping point for better freedom/rights or just another disappointment & reason for the cream to leave this country? .... We'll see.

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