Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has rallied to the aid of renowned Malaysian blogger, Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK), Malaysia's renowned blogger, especially in light of recent legal setbacks.
March 5, 2009
"One lie leads to many lies. Each bad action leads to a cascade of follies. Particularly when the lie or violation concerns something very basic... This is a principle we teach our children. It is a simple but universal truth now being demonstrated in Perak." So says Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, one of the few BN-ers with some ounce of reason.
March 4, 2009
The British government launched a consultation recently aimed to curb high British libel costs, which many fear are curbing freedom of speech. The cost risk to a publisher of defending a major libel case at trial was now £2.4m.
March 2, 2009
The Home Ministry's permission to use "Allah" in print only for Christians is really typical of how things are done. There is no legal precedent made, the permission can be retracted at any time, and there is no recourse except by way of judicial review.
February 27, 2009
The Malaysian Insider reports that the Catholic Herald may use "Allah" in print, but Christians may not say it. The report states that the Herald Editor, Reverend Father Lawrence Andrew, said that he had recently received a letter from the Home Ministry reinforcing the rule forbidding the word “Allah” in a non-Muslim context. However, the the ban made exceptions for Christians to use the word “Allah” only in print and under stringent conditions.
February 24, 2009
Malaysiakini reports that Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, has instructed his lawyers to file a defamation suit against Malay language daily, Utusan Malaysia, for carrying the untrue report. This is in relation to Utusan’s report that Penang has established an inter-faith council last year. He told reporters in Parliament, These are lies…we have no such council… And if… [Read more…]
February 18, 2009
A conversation with KhattarWong's Tan Chong Huat for the CSR Digest.
February 6, 2009
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was reported as saying "You cannot crush the spirit of the people and the love of their land. They will fight, (even) if it takes a thousand years." I think this must be what Perak-ians are thinking right now.
February 3, 2009
The Press Gazette reported that four peers (in Malaysia, senators in the upper house), including two former ministers, were prepared to help undercover reporters, posing as lobbyists, change laws in exchange for cash. Complaints are expected to be made to both the police and the House of Lords authorities following the Sunday Times story, which reported two Labour peers as being prepared to accept fees of up to £120,000 to amend laws.
February 2, 2009
An interview for The CSR Digest with Professor Dr Mustaffa Mohamed Zain, one of Malaysia’s academic pioneers in corporate social responsibility (CSR).
January 30, 2009
First, Obama calls for the dismantling of Guantanomo. Now, the Kyoto Protocol will be ratified? The Year of the Ox is indeed picking up!
January 25, 2009
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Bernard Dompok, says that the Herald should be allowed to used the 'banned' word "Allah" in its Malay pages until the court rules otherwise. Good for Dompok! Why aren't there more like him leading ministries? If BN had more people like him, they might have found a greater win in the last elections!
January 24, 2009
The whole point really is not why PAS won at the KT elections, but more so why UMNO lost. Um... Let's see.
January 21, 2009
THE year 2009 began on an encouraging note for me. I met a young man working with a large publishing house. He reminds me a little of me several years ago, but for a few things. He is visually impaired in one eye and is hearing impaired. However, his employer is blind to this, as the young worker is afforded the same privileges, salary, benefits, etc as his co-workers with the same qualifications and experience.
January 19, 2009
Karpal Singh has issued (another) ultimatum that Chief Justice Zaki should sue him for defamation if Karpal's statements alleging Zaki to have committed corrupt practices, and of lying later about this, was not true.
March 7, 2009
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