From http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080918-recent-arrests-a-reminder-that-blogging-comes-with-risks.html
Nearby, in Malaysia, another set of bloggers has come under legal assault. The nation has a history of one-party rule that’s on the verge of ending, and is proceeding through a liberalization with fits and starts. In the past, social discipline was maintained through strict legal controls, and these continue to be brought into play as some try to stave off the end of a political era.
In the most recent case, Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, who blogs under the handle Kickdefella, organized a protest that involved showing the Malaysian flag upside down on various blogs. The result? He and at least three other bloggers have been arrested under security statutes. They are not alone in having been prosecuted under these laws recently, but they appear to be unique in that their blogging activity was used as an excuse to target their underlying political cause.
So we have been picked up by the online tech journals again. And once again its pretty negative. Sigh. What I find interesting is that even ArsTechnica seems to think that our history of one party rule (is this actually accurate?) is coming to an end. Will the last person who thinks that the Badawi administration still has any mileage please turn off the lights.
