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Malaysian Blogger On Trial For Sedition

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the because-creating-martyrs-is-good-for-civil-obedience dept.

neonsignal writes "Raja Petra Kamarudin, a Malaysian blogger, is in court under the Internal Security Act, under which he can be detained indefinitely. He is well known for his commentary on the Malaysian government, and was arrested after a piece on the murder of a Mongolian woman, who was allegedly killed by two policeman and an associate of the deputy prime minister."

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  1. Re:trial shmial by chibiace · · Score: 1, Funny

    i certainly wouldnt want to be stuck with elmo.

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  2. Re:Fuck "sedition" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why? Only those who hate freedom would ever speak seditious thoughts. And why do you want to protect them anyways?

  3. Re:trial shmial by TinFoilMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but have you seen those thai cockroaches, they'd feed a family of 8 for a week.

    If a Thai monkey doesn't move for 60 seconds, the cockroaches think it's fair game and they'll carry it off.

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  4. I'm shocked! by afabbro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Free speech being restricted in a Muslim dictatorship? I'm shocked. Just completely shocked.

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