Self-censor, Fu tells bloggers
KUALA LUMPUR: Bloggers should exercise self-censorship over sensitive issues and not sensationalise issues just for the sake of gaining readers, Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Fu Ah Kiow said.
He said bloggers should be careful not to cause offence to any particular group or cause disharmony.
“Those who are irresponsible will have to face the consequences,” he said at the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia’s national flag-hoisting ceremony here yesterday.
He said the Government did not wish to restrict freedom on the Internet. “But this does not mean that there is no limit. Bloggers who are irresponsible will have to face the consequences.”
On the coming Merdeka celebrations, he urged Malaysians to show their patriotism by flying the Malaysian flag.
“The gesture of displaying the flags is a show of love for the country,” Fu said.
The Star Online (Wed; Aug 01 2007)
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