Malaysian Candidates Required to Have Blogs

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 15, 2008 @02:56AM from the make-sure-to-have-required-what-i-had-for-lunch-post-too dept.

Pioneer Woman writes "Abdul Rahman Dahlan, secretary general of the United Malays National Organization party's youth wing, said all those vying for national youth posts must have blogs to introduce themselves and their programs ahead of party elections in December. The decision appeared aimed at countering heavy losses that the ruling National Front coalition suffered in last month's general elections. In a country where mainstream media is tightly controlled by the government they underestimated the power of online campaigning. In the past, party politicians have said bloggers spread lies and rumors but now even youth deputy Khairy Jamaluddin — who once compared bloggers to monkeys living by the law of the jungle — has a blog."

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WHY IS THIS IN POLITICS??!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-04-15 03:13 · Score: -1, Flamebait

The Slashdot FAQ clearly states the politics section is for "news relevant to United States government politics. ".
There is absolutely no relevance of this story to the US government or US politics whatsoever.
The editors need to follow their own rules instead of making this site their personal political blog.