defamation suit against bloggers
ok so by now it is all over the blogosphere. many had blog on it - this big news of socio-political bloggers jeff ooi and rocky bru (picture left, taken from malaysiakini) being sued by NST. so what i’m going to do is first a brief input on what i think of this issue, and then to give you links on some prominent blogs that highlighted on other blogs that blogs on this issue.
first of all i must say that as bloggers, we should be allowed to say what we like (voice our opinion without fear or favour) but then again we must remind ourselves that there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech. if you write something someone find that is untrue of him/her, he/she has a right to sue you. so question here is do you stand by what you had written as the truth and nothing but the truth? if yes, then you have nothing to worry about of the suit.
in this instance of jeff and rocky, most of us are behind them as knowing NST to be a pro-government paper, it is no surprise that they detest out-spoken socio-political bloggers who spoke up against the government.
we are also disturbed by the suit because we fear this as a start to clamp-down on bloggers. will this made bloggers more cautious of what they blog on? well some will of course but the thing is hopefully this won’t stop them from being out-spoken and provide us with news or views that we can’t find in the mainstream media.
well as a socio-political blogger myself, how do i feel? well i’m only a teeny weeny small fry blogger (not femes blogger, see), so big brother won’t be watching me i’m sure. however i guess maybe for the moment, i need to be cautious and not blog on serious stuff to do with the gomen… or some big time corporation or media!
ok now about the links i mentioned earlier.
well first, from the horses’ mouth… i mean jeff and rocky of course.
from rocky:
bloggers sued in malaysia
from jeff:
bloggers sued in malaysia
bloggers sued in malaysia (2) - this one contain links of international media that spotlight on this issue.
from lim kit siang:
jeff ooi / rocky bru sued - the far-reaching implications
research on malaysian bloggers:
bloggers sued - a chronology of events - as the tittle suggests, post on events leading to the suit.
leave bloggers in malaysia alone! - a compilation of all (well almost) bloggers who blog on this issue.
malaysiakini:
bloggers sued for defamation
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on January 19th, 2007 at 9:17 am
That is scarey Lucia. And the USA is sitting on similar legislation. They just need the political will to risk such a move.
lucia: yep scary indeed. i guess socio-political bloggers like me are a bit apprehensive!
on January 19th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
These suits r interesting in that in defence, the Bloggers will have to prove that their statements are true and not malicious, and that they have not broken any constitutional landmines, in a non-kangaroo court.
Is that POSSIBLE ?
lucia: right. and when they prove their statements are true, it will be the plaintiffs who have to hide their faces. however, being a kangaroo court, get prepared for whatever may happen!
on January 20th, 2007 at 1:22 am
Let’s get on… be watchful as anything more can be construed as subjudice. I believed both Jeff and Rocky have been well represented by great lawyers and the experts will know how to present their defence in the court. They would be exonerated soon. From observation and legal case studies, the burden of proof falls on the plaintiff to provide adequate evidence to substantiate their allegation that the writings are libelous and have elements of malice.
It will be a landmark case. We give our moral support to our fellow bloggers and we stood by their innocence and the rights of freedom of speech and all rights of citizens as entrenched in the constitution..
lucia: aye aye, sir! you said it all nicely!
on January 24th, 2007 at 2:15 am
The legal suits probably cannot be stopped easily to exempt monopoly corporates from bullying the bloggers and other weaker groups like NGOs. I think the real culprit is still the Printing Press Act which allows monopolies of printed media to exist unchallenged in Malaysia -and thus should be the real target for campaign actions. However the momentum so far is just not big enough to force a change in the law. That does not mean we should not keep trying -or keep the focus on saving bloggers alone from monopoly corporates’ legal actions. Perhaps getting printed journos to join action would be a good campaign action too. Time for wider networking -and bloggers -especially socio-political bloggers should measure up to the job ahead ! Perhaps a non-sectarian non-exclusive bloggers’ meet over this can go some way to consolidate socio-political bloggers over freedom of speech -what say you ?
lucia: er… sounds good. maybe you organise it and we see. the worry is no good turnout.
on January 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am
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