I got some background on the kerfuffle with the Malaysian blogger who caught the attention of the government.
Jeff Ooi is the blogger in question.
He is a top pundit who was banned from being read at Berita Harian (a daily) in June.
By the time the story below had been picked up Jeff had already blocked the offending commenter at his site. The reporter from Berita Harian didn’t bother to check with him to find out what was going on.
It isn’t Rathergate - the newspapers in Malaysia are highly competitive and Malaysian bloggers are understandably all over this and enjoying it.
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I rather like what Ooi posted today regarding the government intervention and the newspaper’s reaction.
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Perhaps you didn’t get the correct facts for Malaysia media .
FYI, media in Malaysia ARE NOT competitive. Individual newspaper permit is issue in a annual basis, whoever act “naughty” will be punished by not given the permit. And sorry, it is final, even the court dare not challenge the correspondence ministry power.
I don’t have all the facts, that’s very true.
I was aware permits were needed, but I don’t know if that would have much to do with individual competitiveness. I also wasn’t aware the permits were renewed (or not) annually.
why the big huha about this psycho who wrote bad things about hadhari. e’tho i’m not a muslim, yet i do not support whatever negative things are told about islam. that’s the beauty of being a malaysian, we respect and love our muslim friends. tak payah nak sue jeff ooi pun
I didn’t see the comment placed on Ooi’s blog.
The big huha in the international community involves what many governments around the world are confronting regarding the world wide web.
When is it appropriate for a regulatory agency to step in and investigate?