(From "zorro-unmasked")
While the role of the Internet and of the new media is expanding, the opposition press is being subjected to censorship, and the government is attempting to prepare the media landscape for the approaching elections. In view of the proposed cyber sedition law, and the fact that bloggers and critics are still under pressure, social networks seem to be the most effective cure for any impulse to practice self-censorship and the best stage for much-needed debates which the traditional media cannot cover.
Malaysian bloggers are still under strong pressure, and their positions are finding substantial support among Malaysian citizens, who are no longer content with the official version of "the facts." For now, it is the blogs, news websites and social networks which are reporting events in the Arab world, while the traditional media provide minimal coverage. In view of the approaching elections, the arm wrestling between bloggers and the authorities is likely to get tougher.
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DECLARATION
WE ARE NOT MALAYS
WE ARE NOT CHINESE
WE ARE NOT INDIANS
WE ARE NOT KADAZANS
WE ARE NOT IBANS
WE ARE NOT OTHERS
WE ARE MALAYSIANS
ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA
The Special Bunch
WE ESPOUSE A COMMON CAUSE
“A NEW MALAYSIA”
freed from racism, bigotry, corruption, oppression, bad governance, tainted judiciary
WE ARE NOT BEHOLDEN TO ANY POLITICAL PARTY.
WE ARE BEHOLDEN ONLY TO THE RAKYAT.
We are just ordinary people:
Employers, employees, self-employed, pensioners, retirees, housewives, professionals, OKTs (orang kena tahan), Kem Kamunting old boys.
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