Leave bloggers in Malaysia alone! (4)
Prime Minister had his words on bloggers sued matter
Bloggers must be responsible for what they write on the Internet as there are laws on defamation and sedition, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. The Prime Minister said these laws were enforceable and bloggers must bear in mind that they could not hide or take advantage of the Internet to do something that was against the law. He said bloggers, just like newspaper journalists, must be responsible for what they wrote or risk facing legal action from others.
These are the responses from Rocky’s Bru and Sceenshots blogs.
Ahirudin bin Attan in his I’m a Responsible Blogger
I am a responsible blogger. Anyone who comes into this blog can click on my profile and know who I am. I do not hide behind any kind of “cover”. From the first day I started blogging, I have been using my own name. Not a nickname. And I have always encouraged friends to use their own names for their blogs. There’s no shame. No Fear.
Jeff Ooi in his Responsible journalism
Since theSun mentioned nothing about the real threat to the future of journalism as it went to ‘define’ misused blogs today, I hope someday, there are journalists from Malaysia who are courageous enough to write, or at least chronicle, about responsible journalism, if only just for balance.
Today is Rocky’s interparte injunction hearing. Good luck, gentleman.
Listen to what other bloggers said!
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