Tuesday, June 19, 2007

I was wrong...Kua's May 13 book will not be banned

I was so sure the authorities will ban Dr Kua's May 13 book, especially when juvenile officials from the Internal Security Ministry decided to loot MPH MidValley and stalk the doors of Kinokuniya KLCC Suria to ensure the books were not sold there. However, in yesterday's written reply parliamentary question by MP Chow Kon Yeow, the PM has assured that the book will not be banned after it has been examined by the the ministry. I applaud such a decision, and I am happy that I was wrong. May I suggest that the PM who is also the Internal Security Minister order a review of the various banned books, including those by Karen Armstrong. After all, one can hardly expect Malaysians to achieve 1st world mentality if the government continues to decide what books we can read, and what information we can access, which is why the proposed Task Force to monitor websites must be treated by all Malaysians with concern, especially with the government's history of power abuse. For all you know, all blogsites such as this insignificant one could be blocked one day. Instead of following the Indonesian path, we could end up following Thailand's path.

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