abc.net.au - 11/8/2008
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In what is being seen as a stinging judicial rebuke, the Malaysian Government has been forced to free a prominent critic who was being held without trial.
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Controversial Malaysian blogger freed
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... blogger, saying there were not sufficient grounds for his arrest. Raja Petra is a leading light in Malaysia's opposition movement, and for years he has used his website to criticise and to agitate. (Snip) The Government used the Internal Security Act, a highly unpopular catch-all law which gives police the power to detain people indefinitely before they have committed any crime. Raja Petra was accused of inciting racial tension in writings in his blog about Islam. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/08/2414316.h...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... new administration. Disgraced outgoing Republican Senator Larry Craig has only raised $4645 for his legal defense fund. Of course, that doesn't count the $200,000 in campaign contributions that he has already plowed through at the expense of donors. The Olympics may be over, but that hasn't stopped Chinese officials from demolishing more homes in the name of progress. Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Malaysia's best-known opposition blogger, has been freed. He has bee illegally detained since September. Think ...
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