This time Raja Petra is sued by a senior lawyer, Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who went to court to apply for an ex parte injunction (ex parte means order of injunction given without (or exclude) the other party in another word only 1 party presence) to order Raja Petra as the editor of www.Malaysia-Today.net, to […]
Entries Tagged as 'Bloggers' Rights'
Another Court Case Against Malaysian Blogger - Raja Petra
August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Another Malaysian blogger being arrested - Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments
After Raja Petra, the 2nd blogger who was arrested under Seditions Act in Malaysia is Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar, whose blog is Penarik Beca (trishaw peddler).
Abdul Rashid was arrested late in the evening on 7 August 2008 in his home.
Based on the press realease from the Centre for Independent Journalism, Abdul Rashid “was detained for publishing
in his blog a […]
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Speech given in the Asian Law Students Internatinal Conference 2008
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
As mentioned in my previous post, I will pen down my speech given during the ALSIC 2008.
To be frank, since the event was held few months ago, I have misplaced the main speech paper and now could not able to allocate it. However, I still keep some points of the full speech in a note book, which I […]
Tags: Bloggers' Rights · Blogging & I
The 1st Malaysian blogger charged with sedition
May 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In 2007 many Malaysian bloggers being sued and arrested (see here). After the general election in March 2008, government has actively show “friendliness” with bloggers, including ordering the leaders of UMNO to set up their own blogs.
Blogosphere in Malaysia has expereinced many events and changes since 2007. This is same to Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin or RPK, one of the […]
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Malaysian Top Blogger Was Held Liable For Defamation
March 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments
On 26 March 2008, the famous blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, founder of www.malaysia-today.net was ordered by the court to pay a sum of RM4 million and the group chief editor and editor of an opposition party’s newsletters were also ordered to pay RM3 million to the Univeristy Utara Malaysia and its vice-chancellor, Dr Nordin Kardi, as general damages […]
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