Sin Chew journalist arrested

Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng has been arrested today under the Internal Security Act at 8.30pm at her home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.MCPXShe is the second person to be arrested today under…

Malaysian blogger Raja Petra detained

By Lee Min KeongKUALA LUMPUR--The Malaysian government Thursday lifted its controversial directive to block access to political portal Malaysia Today but on Friday, police detained the Web site's…

Opposition slams RPK arrest

(The Malaysian Insider) The opposition has come out strongly against the arrest of blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK) under the Internal Security Act.

To MT readers and commenters:

Remember May 13. The government is trying to use the same methods to make people angry so that if we all take to the streets to protest, it will basically give them a free ticket to arrest more

RPK Arrested (Update)

12 Sept 20084:00pm Marina's recieved a 'notis penangkapan' from Chief Inspector Azrin Abu Bakar, stated reason of detention. The notice sounds like this:"...penulis telah…

Free RPK

I’m posting this from RPk’s house. 10 cops came here at about 1.10 this afternoon and detained him under section 73 of the ISA. I’m told that by 1.50pm, they were out of the

Confused crucifixion of critics

SEPT 12 The repercussions of Datuk Ahmad Ismail's punishment for his racist rant are far and wide.In a repeat of 1987 when politicians stoked racial tensions that led to 106 being held under the…

Rais: Don’t use ISA on Ahmad

PUTRAJAYA: Former Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail should not be locked up under the Internal Security Act just yet. Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said he

Malaysian blogger arrested

Al Jazeera Malaysian authorities have detained a government critic by invoking a colonial-era security law that allows for indefinite detention without trial. Raja Petra Kamarudin, a popular…

Several media firms get show-cause letter

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11, 2008): The Home Ministry has issued show-cause letters to several media firms in the wake of the furore over the alleged racist remarks made by Bukit Bendera Umno division chief…