Malaysian crack down on bloggers - 馬來西亞

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6915002.stm

Jonathan Kent
BBC News, Kuala Lumpur

The Malaysian government is threatening to use its anti-terrorism laws
against bloggers who insult Islam or the country's king.

The move comes as one of Malaysia's leading online commentators has been
questioned by police following a complaint by the main governing party.

For 11 years cyberspace has remained uncensored in Malaysia.

Now the government appears increasingly concerned about growing online
criticism of its record.


Online critics

The parliament minister has announced that controversial anti-terror laws
allowing for indefinite detention without trial or charge will be used
against bloggers who break two key taboos - insulting the king or the
country's official religion Islam.

Raja Petra Kamarudin, the editor of one of Malaysia's most popular political
websites, Malaysia Today, has turned himself in to answer allegations that he
has done just that.

Raja Petra's main target is the government and he is not the only political
blogger to be detained in recent days.

He has a reputation for being mischievous and often wildly inaccurate.

However his website is believed to attract around a quarter of a million
visitors a day, giving him more readers than most Malaysian newspapers.

With a general election on the horizon it seems the government is keen to
send a signal to its online critics that it will only tolerate so much.

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剛在igoogle首頁看到的，因為怕不夠瞭解或用字不夠精確，就不翻成中文了

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