[新聞]Malaysian crack down on bloggers

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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. ------- 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 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.164.147.136