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Aug 16 2007

Malaysian Government May Sue Bloggers And YouTube (Google)

Posted by Chan Kelwin in Malaysia oh Malaysia

After being pressured and even receiving death treats, Namewee has decided to apologize to those who were offended by his Negarakuku rap. MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has accepted his apology and urged the others to do so as well. Even Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin has accepted the apology saying, “He is still young. We should not be too hard on him but he should learn from this, particularly in handling sensitive issues”.

So, is this the end of the whole controversy? No chance.

TheStar reported that “Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the Cabinet had decided yesterday that they were not in the position to forgive him and that ‘the law would have to take its course’”.

Why not let the issue rest and let’s continue with our “peace-loving” ways? Our 50th independence anniversary is just 2 weeks away. Or is Namewee just a pawn in a game of chess?

About the title of this post…

The report also stated that Nazri “said that he wanted action to be taken against video-sharing portal YouTube and other bloggers who have allowed sensitive material to be published that went against the law of our country”.

Wow! Google probably has a few lawsuits going their way but I’m quite sure this is the first time a government is thinking of suing them.

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  1. mooiness says:
    August 17, 2007 at 8:35 am

    When there were some videos insulting the King of Thailand, Thailand did not resort to suing but they ban the site for a while. And when they did remove the ban, they asked for Youtube to take down the videos.

    Why does Malaysia have to make such a bigger fuss about it, especially so close to Merdeka Day? When the world catches wind of this, Malaysia will get free publicity all right - but the wrong kind.

    And good luck trying to sue Youtube/Google. They’ve dealt with larger and more powerful governments than Malaysia.

    I agree with you that Namewee is a pawn being used - to weaken and humiliate MCA perhaps? Even ZM looked stupid now that the cabinet has reversed what he said and he’s the Information Minister!

  2. ramzy0 says:
    August 17, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    hohoho, are the goverment kidding, take this seriously - about suing youtube/google -…hohoho ;P

  3. Chan Kelwin says:
    August 17, 2007 at 5:50 pm

    @mooiness
    Well…Malaysia Boleh! mah. Everything boleh, sure boleh, pasti boleh. Other goverments can’t because they tak boleh. Malaysia pasti boleh!

    On a serious note, I have a feeling everything that is being done lately has its reasons — politically. Their scare tactics on bloggers (unfortunately worked quite well on me) shows they’re starting to fear the big time bloggers like Jeff, RPK, etc. Since they can’t get their hands on any of them, a “pawn” needs to be sacrificed. They are pushing it and I hope they don’t go too far.

    @ramzy0
    Well, I’m not sure if they will do it. I think Google will be laughing when they get this story. Let’s see if the minister is serious or just spoken without much thinking.

  4. anthraxxxx says:
    August 17, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    wah the co founder of youtube is a taiwanese and namewee is in taiwan. I am beginning to see the motives and connection in this high profile lawsuit.

  5. hanneng says:
    August 17, 2007 at 11:15 pm

    as usual, the malaysia ministers always suka-suka say anything without using the otak.

  6. Chan Kelwin says:
    August 18, 2007 at 4:46 am

    @anthraxxxx
    Honestly, I feel some of the ministers have been making a fool of themselves. I’ve read different reports stating that they wanted to sue him because of the lyrics, and then change to anthem, and then racist remarks, then national interest, sedition act, now national anthem act.

    It looks to me like they’re not even sure what can be used against him and just want to simply “bantai” with whatever they can get their hands on. Scare tactics.

    @hanneng
    To me, they look like they are “hurt” by the rap and are angry thus over-reacting. The rap has got this much publicity thanks to them as well.

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