My View on Internet Filtration by M’sia’s Government

I must say that the recent bashing our dear YB Rais Yatim is getting from the Internet community is surely giving his old body a few bruises here and there. If you’ve no idea what I’m talking about, I’m talking about the Internet filtration that the Government is mulling over. Yes, it’s similar to China’s abandoned “Green Dam” project, but then, we also have to look at it in the bigger picture.

Am I siding his decision? I would say no, what for? You can’t get into your favorite porn sites? Go through one of those proxy sites you could access to (I’ll post several links at the bottom of this post for you to use). You can’t access your favorite anti-establishment websites like RPK’s Malaysia-Today site/blog/portal because it’s bashing the government left right and center? Go ahead, use the proxy servers. After all, the government forgot that they even pen down the thing about No Censorship to the Internet, so why not, we as Internet users also go about working around the censorship? (more…)

Perak State Government Saga

The current hot buzz that we are getting in Malaysia is the situation within the Perak state government. 4 members of the Pakatan Rakyat government had decided to be independent and pledge their loyalty to Barisan National as independent.

With this turn of event, the Barisan National gained the majority needed to form a new Perak Government and proceed to seek an audience with the Sultan of Perak. You could read more about the updates here. But then wait a minute, the Pakatan Rakyat team is crying foul and does not want to accept defeat. They have no plans to step down from their position and accept defeat, maybe because they have tasted the sweet fruit of being in power and does not want to surrender that luxury that they have only just gotten used to? (more…)