Govt all clear for RPK, Malaysia Today
By uppercaise
All seems to be well for Malaysia Today and its editor-in-exile Raja Petra Kamarudin. The Malaysian government said on Sunday it is going after the leaker and not the publisher.
This would leave RPK and his site in the clear, for the moment, after publishing three leaked secret Cabinet papers showing the full extent of government knowledge and involvement in the RM12bil Port Klang Free Zone debacle.
Following the government announcement on Sunday, full access to Malaysia Today appeared to have been restored beginning late on Sunday evening.
There have been six days of interruptions in Internet access and blocks which left many Malaysians, especially Streamyx users, unable to view the site. At up to noon Monday, there was continuing unimpeded access via Streamyx.
Despite the interruptions, which amounted to a full block at times, news updates have been posted on the site, although the site’s home page looks unchanged since access was interrupted. There has yet been no official comment from the authorities about the obvious action taken against Malaysia Today.
The government announcement on Sunday came from the home minister who said that no immediate action would be taken against “who was responsible for making them public”.
The investigation would focus on where the leak took place, and even cabinet ministers could be investigated, home minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.
Hishammuddin said since the papers were classified, the person responsible for the leak would have to be “someone on the inside” and as such would have to face action.
His response indicated that, for the moment, no action would be taken against Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin or the web site.
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