Riz Khan - Censorship in Malaysia - December 3, 2008 - part one

On Wednesday's Riz Khan show we ask how widespread is censorship of the media and the arts in the Malaysian society?


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We will be joined by controversial blogger, Raja Petra Kamarudin, editor of the Malaysia Today website.

He has twice been arrested under Malaysia's controversial Internal Security Act.

Also joining the program is veteran journalist Kee Thuan Chye, associate editor of the country's leading English language newspaper The Star and Jo Kukhatas, an acclaimed dramatist, poet and actress.

This episode of the Riz Khan show was aired on Wednesday, December 03, 2008.

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[MsYellowcard]

these people finally have a space to share their thoughts freely.

[philosophis]

I'm watching it fine... I'm at malaysia... it's stream fast...

[MadTvMalaysia]

shut the fuck up!u stupid macao boy..

urghh..ur ignorance really surprises me that today in this world u still bother to talk down on other parties?!care for urself dude, i think the economy should be our main priority now

[Giabph]

Rules of jungles.....

[kenjzz]

The video is too large. It takes too long to stream on Malaysian broadband, which is not very fast, and so many people don't bother to watch.. only 1900 views..

[zubawanga]

well, the government have been proven to be lying. and because of that, they use ISA to jail those people who try or successfully prove it. this is what i heard from the opposition party and from what i can see "MYSELF", many people had been jail by ISA... that means what the opposition say is already 50% truth.

so now, let's us hear what the government said about ISA, they say it is to keep the peace and counter terrorist and i don't see how locking up journalist and politician do that.

[TomMarAlem1987]

You have an opinion and I have an opinion, but what is right?

With free speech you can say "That is the opinion I have" Another can say the same thing. Then you are hearing only opinions and not facts and truth.

[zubawanga]

so do u see now? if u disagree with someone, that doesn't means u are right or u are wrong, it is just a matter of different opinion, and that is what freedom is all about. we have a choice to choose what is right or wrong for yourself.

beside, the government have been making many mistake before. and to cover up their mistake, they spread propaganda to mislead the people and lock up all those people who tell the truth under ISA. u can call that whatever u want, but for me, that is not freedom.

[zubawanga]

well, that is what freedom means. we are have choices to make. if the government only give us 1 choice and censer out all the other choice, not matter how ridiculous it may seems, then we have no freedom anymore. sometimes we have to pay for the mistake that we make, and that is how humanity grow anyway.

and about the abortion example that u gave. u may oppose abortion and that is your opinion, but abortion is the right of the women whether she want it or not and that is my opinion.

[TomMarAlem1987]

When you have a woman in a bikini telling you "I like men who support abortion." You have 20 somethings filled with hormones; who will they listen to, a doctor and an imam telling them about the sanctity of life or the woman in the bikini? What kind of 'informed choice' will those 20 somethings make? That is Free speech and expression.