{"id":1929,"date":"2007-01-18T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-18T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/malaysian-paper-suing-bloggers.html"},"modified":"2007-01-18T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-18T16:25:00","slug":"malaysian-paper-suing-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/malaysian-paper-suing-bloggers.html","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian paper suing bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You knew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">this<\/a> would happen sooner or later someplace in the world:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A major newspaper company has sued two Malaysian bloggers for defamation, an unprecedented move that the opposition warned Thursday is aimed at stifling dissent.<br \/>\nThe New Straits Times, one of the country&#8217;s largest media groups, filed suits against Jeff Ooi and Ahiruddin Attan over a series of postings on their respective websites attacking top officials of the company.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nDetails of the suits are still unknown, but it is believed to be related to issues surrounding the departure of former New Straits Times group editor Brendan Pereira.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe suit comes on the heels of recent warnings from the government that it would take action to control bloggers who spread &#8220;disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies&#8221; as one deputy minister termed it. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/bloggers\" rel=\"tag\">bloggers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Malaysia+\" rel=\"tag\">Malaysia <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You knew this would happen sooner or later someplace in the world: A major newspaper company has sued two Malaysian bloggers for defamation, an unprecedented move that the opposition warned Thursday is aimed at stifling dissent. 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