{"id":549705,"date":"2006-07-31T15:31:33","date_gmt":"2006-07-31T15:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/549705-tighter-internet-control-for-malaysia.html"},"modified":"2006-07-31T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2006-07-31T15:31:33","slug":"tighter-internet-control-for-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/549705-tighter-internet-control-for-malaysia.html","title":{"rendered":"Tighter Internet control for Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said the government must exert control over websites to stop what he called the spread of news based on rumours and articles with racial undertones, the state Bernama news agency reported. <\/font><\/p>\n

"In one aspect, the control on media content will boost credibility of a website as the people will know the news published was accurate and no longer based on rumours," Zainuddin was quoted as saying. <\/font><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last week called for a halt to the discussion of religious issues which may cause ethnic strains, in an order seen as directed at the media. He also reportedly called on a coalition of activists called Article 11, which has been holding public forums on the country’s constitution and freedom of religious practices, to stop holding meetings. <\/font><\/p>\n

Opposition politicans and non-government organisations, including Amnesty International, have expressed concern at what they say are growing limits to freedom of expression in Malaysia after Abdullah’s calls. <\/font><\/p>\n

Race relations in the multi-ethnic country have become increasingly strained recently after a series of controversial court cases. <\/font><\/p>\n

In one incident that created outrage, an Islamic court ruled that a Hindu man be give a Muslim burial against the wishes of his family, after Islamic religious officers claimed he had converted. <\/font><\/p>\n

Public attention has also focused on a case before Malaysia’s highest court in which a woman who has renounced Islam for Christianity is battling to have her former religion removed from her identity card. <\/font><\/p>\n

The Malaysian media tends to practise strict self-censorship and normally provides uncritical coverage of government policies and activities. <\/font><\/p>\n

Malaysian news websites and blogs are well-known for providing alternate views to mainstream news coverage. <\/font><\/p>\n

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