· July, 2007

Stories about Malaysia from July, 2007

Malaysia: GVO's Jeff Ooi joins Opposition Party

  31 July 2007

Today marks one of the most important occasion in Malaysia's blogging community as Screenshot's Jeff Ooi, who is dubbed as one of the most prominent blogger in Malaysia's blogosphere joined an Opposition Party – the Democratic Action Party (DAP). Speaking at the the press conference announcing his decision, Jeff reason's...

Malaysia: Blogger Detained by Police

  13 July 2007

Malaysian bloggers are reporting that fellow blogger Nathaniel Tan was detained by the police earlier today. Malaysian bloggers including Nathanial's younger sister are monitoring the situation and trying to gather support for the blogger's release.

Malaysia: Bloggers Protest Religious Policing

  7 July 2007

Malaysian bloggers are protesting the way in which a young singer was treated by the a state religious department. The officials of Perak Religious Department raided an entertainment venue and detained the singer. They accused her of exposing her body and encouraging immoral activities. Malaysian bloggers asked whether the authorities are going too far and questioned the double standards with moral policing.