I don’t get it. Maybe I’m deluded, but I’ve always believed that the media has a very powerful voice, more than any manipulative politicians, but I guess not so in Malaysia, eh? Better to curb the voice than not curbing at all, regardless if some of the voices are about important issues and not about politics at all.

All I can say is – shortbus.

As for what Tehsin said, I agree that they have lost touch with the people on the ground. Maybe they feel bloggers are a bigger threat than people who prey on children.

Something is just so wrong here. If the cyber police are going to monitor my blog, I hope they read all the excellent initiatives being done in other countries. We have to start somewhere. It has got to be a multipronged approach to prevention.

SOmetimes do not know what their priorities are.

Watch dogs for monitoring what blogger write….but nothing on missing child or monitoring chat rooms on sickos who prey on children.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/NewsBreak/20080211185143/Article

I seriously wonder if the ominous silence on all these goings on is because of the impact it might have on tourism. In my days as a news reporter, I got shouted at by a Former Tourism MInister for asking about the haze and another for asking about dengue cases.

Same thing happened in China when information about the Bird Flu was suppressed by authorities.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7434
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FJ23Ad02.html

I hope issues involving the safety of children will not be kept under a veil of secrecy as the danger is that with less alertness, more children might go missing. No more Nurins and Ninis!

We have a right to question and criticise and give input…the KING, the PM etc are not maksum, not GOD. If they are keeping quiet or oblivious to the state of the people and the nation, we have a DUTY to remind them!!!!