why block Malaysia Today - www.malaysiatoday.com ?

very seldom do i blog about politics, i do have my opinions about the situation in our country now but i had always held my peace, hoping that things would change for the better considering that so many people have already raised their concerns to the government

i love my country and this love have grown over the years despite the government's short fallings in their management. we already know that there is no such thing as total freedom of speech in this country which many has learned to abide in. but meddling with freedom of speech or even freedom of press on the internet is really going too far !!! it doesn't reflect that we are a democratic country, we're more like being in monarchy or communist ruling now.

here is what our beloved "Father of Modernization" previous PM Tun Mahathir had to say about this.....

"Blocking Blogs"

1. When a Government makes a promise to the country and then reneges on its promise, then not only will the Government lose credibility but also any respect that the public may have for it.

2. I do not often agree with Malaysia-Today.net and Raja Petra Kamaruddin. He had been sometimes quite irresponsible. But court action had already been taken against him. He is not above the law and if he is found guilty there are already adequate punishment that can be passed against.

3. But to break a promise and to openly show that you can meddle with the security of the internet is to expose a degree of oppressive arrogance worthy of a totalitarian state.

4. I had once before written to a Government Minister that Malaysia has become a police state because the Government instructed the police to call up people who invited me to give talks and coerce them into withdrawing their invitation. The police is not supposed to do that. When the Government makes use of the police for extralegal work then the Government is guilty of abuse of power.

5. The Minister simply replied that I had retired and it was better for me to literally shut up.

6. Now this blockage of the blog is another evidence that this has become an authoritarian state, elections notwithstanding.

7. Where are we heading? The censorship of news in the mainstream media is known to the public. Certainly I know of the blackout on me and the spins on any news about me. Now this.

8. I know that things have been engineered to ensure Khairy Jamaluddin will win as UMNO Youth leader and Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi as President. Democracy in UMNO is dead. And when democracy dies in UMNO, the party itself will die.

9. I would like to say this to the Prime Minister and his minions. You may have the power now. But as in five States, you may lose power some day. And this will certainly happen because of your obsession to block all contrary opinion from being heard. It will blind you to the reality of the situation so that you will continue to do wrong things and the people will reject you totally.

point 1-9 including title "Blocking Blogs" has been derived from www.chedet.com, courtesy of our former PM Tun Mahathir