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By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Singapore cracks down on bloggers

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 07:40:55 +0000

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By: sivaparanjothy

sivaparanjothy — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:58:49 +0000

totoro,

i read your comments on screenshots. i sympathise with you. jeff ooi ought not to have let off steam on you and accuse you of “farting so many times on his blog”. cant he find another word to use?

as a blogger this jeff ooi should not resort to the use of crude and obscene language to make a point.

By: sivaparanjothy

sivaparanjothy — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:52:20 +0000

Read the response by Jeff Ooi in the case of “Anwar” some time ago.

JEFF OOI says to poster Anwar then ” You didn’t realise that IF shit and urine come from human beings, they are in actual fact by-products of God’s creation that even God can’t absolve from. Don’t rob Him of this glory as every thing He does, He intends it in His divine way.”

Is there a law against crudity? Statements like this coming from a former journalist? Sheeesh… time to pull your socks guys. Spare us readers of statements that crude and gross.

By: laifoongchan

laifoongchan — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:40:29 +0000

if you are too scared dont blog. go find something else to do. we look forward to bloggers to lead the way – being former journalists and all that shit, feedom of speech has special meaning to these fools.

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Netlex Blogs » Blog Archive » — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:55:56 +0000

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By: Jesie’s Babble :: Seberapakah pentingnya berblogging ? :: September :: 2005

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 04:11:14 +0000

[...] Contoh terakhir adalah yang menimpa blogger dari Singapura yang ditangkap karena tindakan penghasutan dan rasisme, di Malaysia seorang blogger Jeff Ooi, karena penistaan agama yang dilakukan oleh pembaca blognya, terancam terkena undang-undang ISA, danyang terbaru, Peter Tan yang berencana membawa orang yang memberikan komentar melecehkan pada blognya ke jalur hukum. (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/-/world/east-asia/singapore/) Cat: What’s Goin On To Me?, Techi’es, Average Day’s | Time: 4:16 am (UTC+8) Comments » [...]

By: devadeson

devadeson — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:44:04 +0000

i watch with amusement how bloggers are tackling the issue. all these reports made to the police are clearly not motivated by any desire to uphold free speech – but to protect their asses as bloggers. the art of eating the cake and keeping has been fine-tuned by these bloggers as anyone can see by a visit to the site. the selective censorship being practised makes a mockery of the way these bloggers administer their site.

merely making police reports ought not to give these bloggers immunity they seek from prosecution.

By: lucia

lucia — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 06:11:13 +0000

i agree with what that ‘one blog reader’ said.

will this set a trend for every blogger to jump up and run to the police each time someone gave his own personal opinion that the blogger judge not right? scary isn’t it.

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Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:45:30 +0000

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By: totoro

totoro — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:36:15 +0000

I don’t think Malaysian bloggers should get jittery over comments posted in their blogs, or over their potential legal ramifications. To take up the assumption of potential legal ramifications without a solid basis of proof as justification for the subsequent cause of action is an error of judgement.

Pre-emption is a difficult issue. The law does not allow for conviction of an individual for a future crime not yet committed, no matter how certain it is that the crime will in fact be committed.